I agree that day-by-day is can be pretty tedious most of the time! A diary of most of the days of my life would be getting the one child ready for school, trying to keep the two-year-old from wrecking the house, doing dishes, paying bills, cooking, cleaning and really thrilling stuff like that! That's why I just write the kids letters every few weeks in their journals--hopefully it is a little less mind-numbing that way! I'm sure they'll let me know when they're older. Still, it is wonderful that you have your grandmother's diary and have the chance to see into her life. I'm sure she wrote it for herself, without the editing that she might have done for the sake of others, so you have a clear picture of how she experienced her life. Perhaps you could photocopy parts of it to create an "abridged" version of it to pass on to the great grandchildren; if they are still interested they could read the whole thing--you never know who the next family historian may be! Chris On Nov 30, 2007, at 8:29 AM, [email protected] wrote: > As obsessed as I am with my own family history, and particularly with > the , > life of my maternal grandmother who died just before my birth, I found > her > diary, 1921-26, a bit boringly mundane, sparked here and there with > true gems > of accounts (i.e., eye-witness account of the still birth of a > grandchild, > 1925 visit to her daughter and family in Hawaii, break-up of her 2nd > marriage.) > It's an invaluable window into the soul and life of a woman who had > her dull > periods and noteworthy ones, too. Maybe she could have made her diary > entries > less a day-by-day record of breathing in and breathing out, and more > anecdotal. Her diary is a bit of an ordeal to read thoroughly; too > much so to > interest her great grandchildren and their offspring. > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's > hottest > products. > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007? > NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

.I have enjoyed reading the accounts of the Thanksgiving guest for everyone. I would loved to visit with my gg-grandmother, Leah Johnson Richardson Cook( 1811-1874) the wife of Thomas Bishop Cook(1796-1878) from Shibley's Point in Adair Co. She had came from Maryland through Indiana and finished raising her family in Adair Co. She was married at one time to my gg grandfather Richardson and whatever happened we can not even find his name. Her three sons were very young when she remarried (1835) a young minister and began another family. After moving to Adair Co one of her daughters married after the War (Civil) to a young man ,(Shibley) that had been her neighbor and came to the River Valley in Crawford Co, Arkansas and the next generation started. To make it even better I live off Shibley Road and that was the family she married. > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's > hottest > products. > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007? > NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message