Karen, What a project! You are an angel and I'm sure a lot of people will appreciate that you took the time to do this. I look forward to seeing your progress and wish you much luck in identifying the unknown people. If I can help, let me know. Jodi Fallon county coordinator Sent from my iPhone > On May 17, 2014, at 15:07, Karen De Groote <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am completely overwhelmed. I was contacted by the Great great niece > of a couple who died in the 40s, the wife in Pondera and the husband > in Cascade Counties. They had no children so this niece was mailed > tons of photos. She sent me a box that weighs at least 10 pounds. > Some photos have clues and many are blank on the back side. > > This is going to be an ongoing likely lifetime project. I will be > scanning photos and putting them online. The ones I can place in > Montana I will give to the respective counties but I am hoping there > will be people out there that can identify and claim these photos over > time. They range from the 40s to the current day. > > If anyone has dealt with such a project, I would love to hear from > you. Suggestions are very welcome. This illustrates, in my opinion, > what we become when we volunteer to be county coordinators. If I > hadn't agreed to take the photos, this gal would have dumped them as > she had no use. One of the brothers of Aunt Margaret was the Sheriff > of Pondera in the 1940s. Another in the Navy and deputy sheriff in > LA. Aunt Margaret was a Welker who married a Wixon in Great Falls in > 1936, she died in Lewis and Clark County in 1979. Her parents were > Edward Welker and Elizabeth Jane Anderson, the previously mentioned > husband and wife. > > I am not sure where I will be putting these online but I want to make > sure I get them to family that would want them. > > Thanks for letting me share and have a great day everyone! > Karen > Glacier, Pondera, Chouteau and Toole > > ------------------------------- > 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