Why not try my suggestion: I'm not waiting for questions from descendants. I've created a Memories file on my computer and when I remember something interesting I'm typing it in there. I plan to give copies to each of our children. Betty ---------- >From: MOJEFFER-D-request@rootsweb.com >To: MOJEFFER-D@rootsweb.com >Subject: MOJEFFER-D Digest V01 #57 >Date: Sun, Feb 18, 2001, 8:02 AM > > Content-Type: text/plain > > MOJEFFER-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 57 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [MOJEFFER] Fw: MEMORY BOX [mona_houser@juno.com] > #2 Re: [MOJEFFER] Fw: MEMORY BOX [cowgirlinpayson@webtv.net] > #3 Re: [MOJEFFER] Fw: MEMORY BOX ["Nancy C." <nmcarter@infomagic.net] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from MOJEFFER-D, send a message to > MOJEFFER-D-request@rootsweb.com > that contains in the body of the message the command > unsubscribe > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > ______________________________ > X-Message: #1 > Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 13:23:31 -0600 > From: mona_houser@juno.com > To: MOJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <20010217.132403.-215447.11.Mona_Houser@juno.com> > Subject: [MOJEFFER] Fw: MEMORY BOX > Content-Type: text/plain > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Hi - Someone sent this neat idea, so I'm passing it on. > Mona > ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ > <I ran across an idea recently I wish I had known about when my mother >>was alive. Type up all >> the family questions you would like to have answered, cut into strips > so >> that each strip of >> paper has one question. Place all the strips into a memory box (or > jar), >> and give it along with >> a bound notebook and a pen to the oldest member of your family. >> Ask them to write the answer to >> the questions in the notebook over a period of time. It is not such an >> overwhelming task when >> it is taken one question at a time, and when all the questions are >> answered, you will have a >> notebook full of family memories, handwritten by a family member. The >> person who does the >> answering will have a wonderful time remembering all the events written >> down in the book. > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > ______________________________ > X-Message: #2 > Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 13:45:57 -0600 (CST) > From: cowgirlinpayson@webtv.net > To: MOJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <16808-3A8ED4F5-2373@storefull-628.iap.bryant.webtv.net> > Subject: Re: [MOJEFFER] Fw: MEMORY BOX > Content-Disposition: Inline > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > I think the Memory Box is a very good idea & there is probably a lot of > us out there that wished we had thought of that when some of our older > relatives were alive to answer some of our (brick wall) questions. > > Bobbie > > ______________________________ > X-Message: #3 > Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 12:54:10 -0700 > From: "Nancy C." <nmcarter@infomagic.net> > To: MOJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <3A8ED6E2.2417E0B9@infomagic.net> > Subject: Re: [MOJEFFER] Fw: MEMORY BOX > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I agree Bobbie, it's too late for me to do that now but maybe we can > persuade some of the younger descendants to do this. So many answers are > gone forever for me. Unfortunately, it looks like that no one in my family > has any interest. The only hope is that a grandchild will show an > interest, eventually. > > Nancy C. > Pittman Valley, AZ > Genealogy=Where you confuse the dead and irritate the living! >