Congratulations Linda! It's great to hear! ----- Original Message ----- From: <LindaBch@aol.com> To: <NJMONMOU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 9:55 PM Subject: [NJMONMOU] knocked down some bricks today!!!!! hooray > i had an interesting thing occur today-found a cousin who played with my mom > on the old family farm and at aunts house across from the farm on rt 34-this > farm(tansey's) had the first roadside stand in monmouth county and betty and > my mom loved watching the stand when they were allowed to! betty found me > because i had posted before holidays that i was looking for tanseys. her > friend blair mcfadden, called her and betty said she was so excited at > hearing my name as she knew my mom had named her baby linda(52 yrs ago) so > she wrote and one thing or another led to me forgetting to write back-today i > called her in pennsylvania - she has the family history from my two great > aunts who were like grandmothers to me! and she knows all the married names > etc- > i am so relieved and happy and thrilled that i actually TALKED to someone > that knew all my family and my mom, that i just thought maybe the list would > like seeing that someone has finally knocked a few bricks loose! i was > getting to be a master at facing brick walls as they all say-=linda erdmann > brown- daughter of dot tansey > >