Hi Scott - tell ur wife I said hello and that Marjorie is doing great. She is interning on the newspaper in her college town, writing a front page feature story every week. As to photographing buildings....it would indeed take a small army. But a good starting place would be for me to photograph all the buildings still standing that I am connected to. I have done some in years past, but before digital came along. So I have now resolved to go back and redo what is still around with digital. I also have a bunch of photos I took some 30-33 years ago in Calvary and Bellefontaine Cemeteries, a lot of those stones have deteriorated drastically since then. I will dig them out and scan them in and send them to you. Maybe if we can begin one family at a time we can make some headway. Linda Nehring

Yes, always start with your own family history, their old street, then their old neighborhood. I will be happy to put it online--thanks to USGenNet I have free unlimited space and NO Advertisement pop-ups. USGenNet will not support individual family history webpages but since I run the St. Louis City/County American Local History Network pages, I can umbrella any family history page on my webspace as long as it focuses on a St. Louis connection. So it will cost nothing for sharing. This offer is for everyone--all I ask is it must include photographs of old buildings, street scenes. My only limitations is my time and as long as everyone is patient that's no problem. It keeps me out of trouble. Just let me have a few hours a week on one of my pet projects (right now old clay mines-bricks) and I will be happy. But then again I have my boss--not at work--but my real box--the wife, and she can toss everything out of kilter (many times for good reason, I should add) But don't go out and photograph now. Its way too hot. Wait a month or so till it cools down and please be careful. Some of those neighborhoods are not as safe as long ago. (Linda, I'll tell Traci you said hello. You know Traci and I just returned from taking nineteen Hazelwood Central high school students to Italy, Greece and Turkey this year (plus our own two sons). We saw Florence, Rome, Naples, Isle of Capri, Pompei, Delphi, Athens, Mykonos, Rhodes, Patmos, Kusadasi, Ephesus. And we brought everyone back home safe and sound. Last year we did the same in Spain and Morrocco. We had problems but no one was left behind like that Aruba stuff. That girl should never have been left behind in the bar alone--her companions and chaperones were not looking out for her. There are criminals everywhere.--OK, I am off the soapbox--sorry) Scott K. Williams, History's Time Portal to Old St. Louis http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 7:54 AM Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] What I Found In STL Last Week Hi Scott - tell ur wife I said hello and that Marjorie is doing great. She is interning on the newspaper in her college town, writing a front page feature story every week. As to photographing buildings....it would indeed take a small army. But a good starting place would be for me to photograph all the buildings still standing that I am connected to. I have done some in years past, but before digital came along. So I have now resolved to go back and redo what is still around with digital. I also have a bunch of photos I took some 30-33 years ago in Calvary and Bellefontaine Cemeteries, a lot of those stones have deteriorated drastically since then. I will dig them out and scan them in and send them to you. Maybe if we can begin one family at a time we can make some headway. Linda Nehring ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== If you haven't visited Dave Lossos' "Genealogy in St. Louis" website (http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/) you might want to take a look.