Donna...Happy Birthday! I also wished you happy birthday on the Haddock/Tucker site. Hope you have a great day. Been enjoying Barry Co site for years now and thank you for making it so helpful for everyone. Love those photos. Darla ----- Original Message ----- From: <Roulx@aol.com> To: <mobarry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 9:24 AM Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] birthday > Happy birthday Donna. You are so amazing...it just exhausts me to read > about all your activities. I don't know how you do it. Because of you, > this > list is the best of all of them, and a pattern for the rest to follow. > > Pat Rouleau, California > > > In a message dated 1/13/2012 12:19:48 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > mobarry-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Whee, Six Years! (Allrelated) > 2. Re: Whee, Six Years! (Alice Allen) > 3. (no subject) (afm@mchsi.com) > 4. Re: Whee, Six Years! (Family Historian) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:16:41 -0700 > From: Allrelated <allrelated@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Whee, Six Years! > To: mobarry@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <CALGq9NAAjW_sYmu8KGQEycjQEp9-qjgHg4DOa-EXnw8_nWeE-Q@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Wow. You do more at 70 than anyone else I know! Good genes :) > > Happy birthday, and thanks for doing such a wonderful job with the Barry > County website! > > Best regards, > Lorraine > Allrelated > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Donna Cooper > <thedonnacooper@gmail.com>wrote: > >> List Readers, six years ago a door opened for me that I only I could >> understand as one of the most important doors that has ever opened in >> my entire life. On January 12, 2006, I became the coordinator of the >> Barry County web site - a day I shall never forget. That day I spent >> twelve hours at the computer and had 198 e-mail messages that were >> straightly for the web site. For months, I worked twelve hours a day >> - every day! It was overwhelming! When I went to bed that first day, I >> wondered why I had agreed to take on something so time consuming. >> >> As a coordinator, I have helped you by organizing projects that I >> think are important to have on a genealogy web site. We have added >> cemetery stone photos, historical newspaper extracts, census, >> marriages, war pages, many miscellaneous projects, and thousands of >> old photos. When I open Picasa 3 it counts 144,667 photos on the Barry >> County web site, I imagine that is probably about ten thousand more >> than we really have since some are duplicates. Most of our family >> photos are historical - and only a handful was taken after the 1930's. >> I generally refuse photos taken after 1950 since that is getting out >> of the range for genealogy and historical days and more into the >> amusement or pleasure stage of family photos. We do have a Face Book >> page with many photos on it - but there, too, most date before 1930. >> >> The things that make Barry County tick are many, but mostly it is >> researchers who care deeply about genealogy - who take pride in who >> they descend from and how that they report their records. For a >> successful web site like this one, it takes a great deal of time to >> post and to keep up with things that need to be updated. At the >> present time, I am behind on posting cemetery updates, but those >> records will be there waiting for me when I can get to them. So don't >> stop posting them - keep on giving us your updates and feedback. We >> love it. >> >> For the first five years, I did not take any time to do my genealogy >> or any projects for myself. The past couple of years I have had the >> help of Phyllis Long and so I have taken some personal time to do some >> things that I enjoy - like traveling. Among all the things I have done >> - the projects that I have managed to do and with the time I have >> spent away from the web site and computer have been many. I dipped >> into remodeling, which has been the most time consuming of all things >> . Remodeling an old house built in 1896 is beyond whatever you might >> image that it is. It is a job and a half! Then in December, I did DNA >> and took time to study the results hoping to solve my Simpson mystery. >> I even took some time to do some fictional writing and sold a book. >> Many years ago, I published and so this wasn't a new adventure for me >> - just one I had put on hold and had in recess. >> >> I only wanted to say thanks for the great ride - for the friendship >> and support that you have given me for the past six years. I hope we >> will have many more good days and times to come. We still have a lot >> to do. >> >> With my birthday coming up tomorrow - right now, I am feeling pretty >> old. I think that 70 years old is probably too ancient to stand on a >> ladder and paint walls. So, I need to find the motor on my paint brush >> and finish what I have started. >> >> Donna Cooper >> The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:36:23 -0600 > From: Alice Allen <johndeere235@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Whee, Six Years! > To: <mobarry@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <CA50B9E49DD748C0A0DEA7BB4C6EA2D0@Alice> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Happy birthday, Donna ! And thanks so much for all the hard work you > put > into the Barry CO site. Alice Allen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Donna Cooper > To: mobarry@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 2:23 PM > Subject: [MOBARRY] Whee, Six Years! > > > List Readers, six years ago a door opened for me that I only I could > understand as one of the most important doors that has ever opened in > my entire life. On January 12, 2006, I became the coordinator of the > Barry County web site - a day I shall never forget. That day I spent > twelve hours at the computer and had 198 e-mail messages that were > straightly for the web site. For months, I worked twelve hours a day > - every day! It was overwhelming! When I went to bed that first day, I > wondered why I had agreed to take on something so time consuming. > > As a coordinator, I have helped you by organizing projects that I > think are important to have on a genealogy web site. We have added > cemetery stone photos, historical newspaper extracts, census, > marriages, war pages, many miscellaneous projects, and thousands of > old photos. When I open Picasa 3 it counts 144,667 photos on the Barry > County web site, I imagine that is probably about ten thousand more > than we really have since some are duplicates. Most of our family > photos are historical - and only a handful was taken after the 1930's. > I generally refuse photos taken after 1950 since that is getting out > of the range for genealogy and historical days and more into the > amusement or pleasure stage of family photos. We do have a Face Book > page with many photos on it - but there, too, most date before 1930. > > The things that make Barry County tick are many, but mostly it is > researchers who care deeply about genealogy - who take pride in who > they descend from and how that they report their records. For a > successful web site like this one, it takes a great deal of time to > post and to keep up with things that need to be updated. At the > present time, I am behind on posting cemetery updates, but those > records will be there waiting for me when I can get to them. So don't > stop posting them - keep on giving us your updates and feedback. We > love it. > > For the first five years, I did not take any time to do my genealogy > or any projects for myself. The past couple of years I have had the > help of Phyllis Long and so I have taken some personal time to do some > things that I enjoy - like traveling. Among all the things I have done > - the projects that I have managed to do and with the time I have > spent away from the web site and computer have been many. I dipped > into remodeling, which has been the most time consuming of all things > . Remodeling an old house built in 1896 is beyond whatever you might > image that it is. It is a job and a half! Then in December, I did DNA > and took time to study the results hoping to solve my Simpson mystery. > I even took some time to do some fictional writing and sold a book. > Many years ago, I published and so this wasn't a new adventure for me > - just one I had put on hold and had in recess. > > I only wanted to say thanks for the great ride - for the friendship > and support that you have given me for the past six years. I hope we > will have many more good days and times to come. We still have a lot > to do. > > With my birthday coming up tomorrow - right now, I am feeling pretty > old. I think that 70 years old is probably too ancient to stand on a > ladder and paint walls. So, I need to find the motor on my paint brush > and finish what I have started. > > Donna Cooper > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:34:21 -0600 (CST) > From: afm@mchsi.com > Subject: [MOBARRY] (no subject) > To: "mobarry@rootsweb.com" <mobarry@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <9602663.24792841326432860968.JavaMail.root@dsmdc-mail-mbs14> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Happy Birthday and many more. > You do a great job. > > Andrew McGEHEE > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:36:39 -0600 > From: "Family Historian" <familyhistorian@kc.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Whee, Six Years! > To: <mobarry@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <AABFD82F72EC4A69B85CBB466E01C4E0@EdHP> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; > reply-type=original > > Happy Birthday - enjoy the day. > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the MOBARRY list administrator, send an email to > MOBARRY-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the MOBARRY mailing list, send an email to > MOBARRY@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the > body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of MOBARRY Digest, Vol 7, Issue 14 > ************************************** > > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >