Hello to all friends of NC Genealogy and Heritage! As our Country moves on, we are encouraged by the heart and spirit of genealogists everywhere. North Carolina's rootsweb folk are particularly noteworthy. These historians and genealogists have gotten right back into their "research mode". Great therapy to be sure. Longfellow had some encouragement, written some 160 years ago. (If you'd like to read the entire poem, see the link below) PSALM OF LIFE (ca. 1840) Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time. the full version may be found at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~petecol/longfelo.html#psalm -------------------------------------------------------------- FREE FAMILY WRITER'S WORKSHOPS, Mon., Oct. 8th in Robeson and Stanly Counties: Oct. 8 Robeson Co., NC - 12 Noon Lumberton Library Stanly Co., NC - 7 PM Hampton Inn, Albemarle Remember our deadline for the Robeson book is Nov. 15, and the deadline for the Stanly Co. book is Nov. 5! Don & Becky Mills [email protected]