I'm lucky, my ancestors (mothers side) kept everything. I have original marriage certificates from the 1840s & later over 4000 post cards mailed to a great aunt from the early last century, lots of Civil War memorabilia from my g grandfather including his rifle. Two 4 draw files full and a two volume scrap book of my grandfathers when he was a trapeze artist with P T Barnum in the 1880s. The oldest document is a tax bill dated 1801. Now if only my fathers side had such wisdom. Art ----- Original Message ----- From: "bhoudek" <bhoudek@swbell.net> To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [StL-Metro] Regrets > My parents. Much of what I now know has surfaced from third parties. More > care should have been used in cleaning out my folks home---know lots of > documents including the old family Bible was pitched along with bags of > "junk" by folks that had no idea or interest in what they were doing. > > Fortunately I have two cousins who are deep into genealogy and provide > valuable information from their perspectives. Other branches of the tree has > very little interest from the members. > > Bill Houdek > Ballwin, MO > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Doerr" <bdoerr@rollanet.org> > To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 1:31 PM > Subject: [StL-Metro] Regrets > > > > Hi > > > > Which of your late relatives do you most regret not having asked for > > family-history details? > > > > We often visited my wife's grandparents and they visited us, but they're > > gone and his ancestry is unfound. > > > > > > Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > > Search the Archive of Messages for MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List at > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=MO-STLOUIS-METRO > > > > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, email MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L-request@rootsweb.com; in the subject line, put only the word UNSUBSCRIBE with nothing in the message body. You can contact Michelle or Laura at MO-STLOUIS-METRO-admin@rootsweb.com. > >