Dear Group, You don't know how much you have warmed my heart with your sincere responses to my message. Most of them were sent to me personally and most of them were brief--but very sincere. For example, The best thing about my grandma's aprons, is that I now own all of them! I am a lucky girl! and Sure miss that sweet woman and her soft English accent. and It sure brought thoughts of my own grandmother rushing back and I do remember Grandma's apron - I even have a photo of her in one of them!.. She passed away when I was only 9 so this brought back wonderful memories. The point of this message is not only to thank those of you who have sent me personal messages on the subject but to point out to others who may be skeptical as to what a story about Grandma's apron has to do with your intense research for information about your ancestors and their lives. Look at it this way. Many years from now, wouldn't your great-grandchildren cherish even a hastily written story about your very own grandma and what you remember about her in her house dress with the apron over it? Did she wear her hair twisted up in a bun on top of her head or did she have a tight perm? She had a stearn look about her, didn't she? And she was always so disapproving, wasn't she? But do you remember how soft her face felt to your touch? And when you begged her for a penny to go candy shopping, you always managed to wheedle it out of her, didn't you? Grandmas are so special in our memories. They may have been stearn, they may have been loving or they may have even been boozy. But no matter how she was, if you remember Grandma, tell the kids about her. More importantly, write your memories of her down. In the long run, if the kids continue (hopefully) to be interested in the history of your family, they'll treasure your memories of Grandma because you're telling it like it was when you actually KNEW her. Lordy, wouldn't you just kill to find a story that your Grandma wrote down about her memories of HER Grandma?? vee in youngstown