Hi Mabel, Would be happy to contibute some stories. The Historical Societ already published one of them. Larry Boyd > 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