I will try to get a few stories on the Shawley, Stricker and Stewart families if that would help and I have some other people that would like to write some family histories too. Carol Albertson ----- Original Message ----- From: <mphillip@christiancounty.lib.mo.us> To: <MOCHRIST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 5:37 PM Subject: [MOCHRIST] Submissions to new county history > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZMB.2ACI/1872 > > Message Board Post: > > The Christian County Museum and Historical Society met this afternoon. We > decided to try to learn if there is any interest in trying to make a new > history of Christian County family. Hundreds of families with multiple > generations in the counties and/or lots of interesting history in the > county failed to submit any information on their lines for the history > published about eight years ago. This is a very preliminary inquiry. Would > you or do you know of others who would actually submit stories about your > family or families if this were attempted again. Unless numerous stories > are actually submitted, attempting another publication would be fairly > useless. As with almost all histories, the book - if it is done - will > represent those people for whom someone put the thought and effort into > supplying the information. Often, people believe the earliest, most > prolific, richest, most powerful or most influential people are those > whose stories are told. However, unless a single individ! > ual is writing the book and picking and choosing who to include, histories > of families or residents are nearly always just what those researching and > writing stories make it. No particular rules have been formulated on > submissions. We are just trying to learn whether anyone cares to send > stories before making any additional plans. > > P. S. It's only three years and a few months until the county's > sequecentennial (150th anniversary) in 2009. This is a suggestion being > considered for the observation. > > > ==== MOCHRIST Mailing List ==== > Don't forget the USGenWeb Archives section.... > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >