Vee, How many years is Sesquicentennial? A bunch of towns here in Windham Co had their 250th last year and the Veteran's Memorial dedication was part of that celebration. I have known Memorial Day to be cold enough I'd be glad to have a nice warm wool outfit. Ruth At 9:26 PM -0500 3/9/04, Vee L. Housman wrote: >Dear Folks, >Not to worry. The Village of Youngstown has already mapped out the >year-long events for our Sesquicentennial celebration and I believe they're >scheduling it for Memorial Day. Now let's hope it isn't too hot that day or >I'll faint dead away in my wool dress blue uniform! >vee -- Ruth Barton [email protected] Dummerston, VT

Happy 101st Birthday, Cora! Wish I could be there to sing "Happy Birthday" to you. Jo in Michigan who had ancestors in Niagara County - not to far from Lockport. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Hess" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 7:31 AM Subject: [FOLKS] Cora's Birthday > Today is Cora Gushee's 101st birthday. She's a little puzzled as to > why she's still here, but pleased nonetheless -- as we are to have her > around. Cora is my father's cousin, a favorite niece of my grandmother, > Nettie Anderson. And, as most of you know, she was the historian for the > town of Porter. She has lived most of her life in Porter, and happily > so, and will hopefully return from Tennessee with the warm weather. > > Vee is a favorite of Cora's, and Cora does give you a hard time, Vee, as > she does when she likes someone. I think you were there when she talked > about seeing Halley's Comet! Fantastic detail: "a long sparkling tail " > that they saw out in the cornfields in the dark. My great-grandmother > woke them up and brought them outside to see the comet. I'm trying to > get to transcribe her conversations with us (my family) and will share > them when I am done. As Vee has told you, a remarkable lady. > > > > >

Dear Folks, Last night I had sent a message to my PADUTCH-LIFE list and asked them the same question I asked you regarding a good use for my box of computer paper. Combining their responses with your responses here's how it turned out. Because of the many suggestions regarding what I could do with a box of perfectly good computer paper, I called the local Lew-Port Central School District to see if the elementary school would be interested in it. I was connected to the secretary of the elementary school, told her what I have and she put me on hold while she checked to see what the procedure was. Within a minute she was back on the line, told me that the principal was in her office at the time and that they would be thrilled to receive the box of paper. In addition she said that she would send one of the school employees over to pick it up (it's too heavy for me to lift) and within 20 minutes he showed up at my door, we're neighbors, we actually know each other and he chearfully loaded the box in his truck and drove the short distance back to the school. So now I'm happy that the paper will be put to good use in the school and they're happy to receive such a large box of clean white paper. And we all lived happily ever after! Thanks, vee

Vee, What about giving it to a local Day Care center or Elementary School for their use in having the kids draw on it, make paper cut out projects, etc? Kim Brown TX - where it is sunny today

Dear Folks, In the process of recently converting my Copier Room into my Laundry Room I came across a case of paper that I had forgotten that I still had. I had purchased it back in the olden computer days when I had an extra wide dot matrix printer that used continuously fed paper with sprocket holes in it. It was called tractor-fed. No the paper isn't the green bar type that was generally used for spreadsheets, printouts and such at the time but is plain white paper with the sprocket holes in it. And now I don't know what to do with the almost unused case of paper. The paper size is 11 x 14-3/4 inches including the sprocket holes and there are no perforations along the sides so that you can tear off the strip of sprocket holes. My guess is that I still have close to 1,500 sheets of it left. Frankly I've found the sheets useful in lining bureau drawers and such over the years but other than that, I can't envision my having any other use for it. The case of paper is now comfortably stored in my Laundry Room but my question is why? And that's why I turn to you folks for suggestions as to who might chearfully haul it off my hands and make good use of it. It's still in pristine white condition and I just KNOW that there's a good home for it. But where? vee

Today is Cora Gushee's 101st birthday. She's a little puzzled as to why she's still here, but pleased nonetheless -- as we are to have her around. Cora is my father's cousin, a favorite niece of my grandmother, Nettie Anderson. And, as most of you know, she was the historian for the town of Porter. She has lived most of her life in Porter, and happily so, and will hopefully return from Tennessee with the warm weather. Vee is a favorite of Cora's, and Cora does give you a hard time, Vee, as she does when she likes someone. I think you were there when she talked about seeing Halley's Comet! Fantastic detail: "a long sparkling tail " that they saw out in the cornfields in the dark. My great-grandmother woke them up and brought them outside to see the comet. I'm trying to get to transcribe her conversations with us (my family) and will share them when I am done. As Vee has told you, a remarkable lady.

Dear Folks, I'm trying to get caught up on my stuffed-up Inbox and found Ruth's message regarding the Veterans Memorial ceremony. She suggested: Just a word of advice, do it during the warm summer > months if at all possible. We did our dedication in Nov, probably for > Veterans Day, and it was cold enough to--------- well use your imagination > and the wind blew so loud you couldn't hear the speakers even though they > had a speaker system in place. Everyone was just glad to get inside for > refreshments and get out of the wind. Ruth Not to worry. The Village of Youngstown has already mapped out the year-long events for our Sesquicentennial celebration and I believe they're scheduling it for Memorial Day. Now let's hope it isn't too hot that day or I'll faint dead away in my wool dress blue uniform! vee

Good Morning all, This is great advice and a big job. It was back about 1993 during my morning prayers I felt the message "write your life story because you're going to die!" Well, that was a strong enough message for me, and I got started on it that day. Truly believe HE guided me through the process of writing of my life. It was most enjoyable as I went back and felt how it was when I was 5, 12, 15, etc (emotions - fear, confusion, apprehension, joys). I now have three large binders full of memories, photos, etc to pass on to my four children (hey I haven't had the opportunity to tell it all to them, and basically at this point they are not interested as their lives are full) and my two granddaughters. This way they will, one day, know mom/grandma from me, not a third party. Have only gotten through 1989 at this point because I continue to add to what I have. Also through the years I've written journals. I drew on these while writing some of the above as I could recapture the emotions of that time. Afterwards I could appreciate how far I've come in life, and so count the blessings. Know I'm not the same person and that's a good feeling. Anyway I encourage everyone to start preserving their history. Evelyn in Colorado ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

Barbara, For your undertaker grandfather see if you can find him in a city directory where he had his business and copy it. There may even have been ads for the business in there. Ruth At 12:30 AM -0500 3/9/04, [email protected] wrote: My grandfather was an undertaker. I' m not >sure how I will illustrate his page (another grin). I will include an ancestry >chart so the lines can be followed. >Well, you get the idea. Since I am such a procrastinator I needed to tell >someone what I am doing so that I will be prodded to keep going. Thanks for l >istening. >Barbara Moll > > -- Ruth Barton [email protected] Dummerston, VT

Barbara, This is an excellent beginning! I like the addition of relevant articles and tidbits of history. The newspaper articles are such a wonderful bit of personal information. Keep it up, this is a treasure you are assembling. Smiles, Anna ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 11:30 PM Subject: [FOLKS] Re: Preserving History > Hi Kim and all, > Your thought about preserving your family history has been a recurrent > concern for me. Since becoming interested in genealogy, I have amassed a fair amount > of information and have been wondering how to get my children interested in > keeping at it after I am gone and following up on lines that are not finished. > Realizing I have to work with what I've got and not having Vee's gift of > writing, I decided to make a Heritage Scrapbook. That does not seem as daunting as > writing a whole book. Today I finished the first page. Hurray (BIG GRIN) On > it is a picture of me, age two, with the title, HERITAGE ALBUM of Barbara > Louise Stratiff. I then wrote three short paragraphs of general information about > ancestors and dedicated it to "those relatives who may be curious about the > people who came before them." > At least it is a start. > Where I have pictures I will include them, along with some newspaper articles > I have found. But, > since I do not have pictures of any ancestors in some of my lines I will need > to write short biographies of those people for whom I have found a few facts. > The more a get into it the more excited I am about them. For instance I > have copies of some advertisements found in an 1831 newspaper concerning a tavern > owned by my third great grandfather. Google.com gave me some articles about > taverns, bits of which I will include in the piece I will write about him. I > will find a picture of a bicycle to add to the page about my second great > grandfather who owned a bicycle shop. My grandfather was an undertaker. I' m not > sure how I will illustrate his page (another grin). I will include an ancestry > chart so the lines can be followed. > Well, you get the idea. Since I am such a procrastinator I needed to tell > someone what I am doing so that I will be prodded to keep going. Thanks for l > istening. > Barbara Moll > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Hey Barb, There's no doubt in my mind that we're all listening and for those of us who are all fired up come hell or high water to leave some sort of legacy about our personal lives and the lives of our ancestors, we know the importance of being prodded when we procrastinate and for someone to continue to encourage us. And sometimes we have to accept that for the time being it seems that no one is even interested in what we're trying to accomplish. Nonetheless, continue to do what you know is really important and keep the faith that in the long run it will blow the socks off future generations. vee ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 12:30 AM Subject: [FOLKS] Re: Preserving History > Hi Kim and all, > Your thought about preserving your family history has been a recurrent > concern for me. Since becoming interested in genealogy, I have amassed a fair amount > of information and have been wondering how to get my children interested in > keeping at it after I am gone and following up on lines that are not finished. > Realizing I have to work with what I've got and not having Vee's gift of > writing, I decided to make a Heritage Scrapbook. That does not seem as daunting as > writing a whole book. Today I finished the first page. Hurray (BIG GRIN) On > it is a picture of me, age two, with the title, HERITAGE ALBUM of Barbara > Louise Stratiff. I then wrote three short paragraphs of general information about > ancestors and dedicated it to "those relatives who may be curious about the > people who came before them." > At least it is a start. > Where I have pictures I will include them, along with some newspaper articles > I have found. But, > since I do not have pictures of any ancestors in some of my lines I will need > to write short biographies of those people for whom I have found a few facts. > The more a get into it the more excited I am about them. For instance I > have copies of some advertisements found in an 1831 newspaper concerning a tavern > owned by my third great grandfather. Google.com gave me some articles about > taverns, bits of which I will include in the piece I will write about him. I > will find a picture of a bicycle to add to the page about my second great > grandfather who owned a bicycle shop. My grandfather was an undertaker. I' m not > sure how I will illustrate his page (another grin). I will include an ancestry > chart so the lines can be followed. > Well, you get the idea. Since I am such a procrastinator I needed to tell > someone what I am doing so that I will be prodded to keep going. Thanks for l > istening. > Barbara Moll

Dear Barbara & group: I have started a family heritage album myself, and it is addicting! I knew nothing about scrapbooking when I started, so I took a couple of Scrapbooking 101 classes to get some ideas and I've been hooked ever since. I did my first page on Phoebe. My problem is I have so many pictures, and so many different branches of our family that I do not know how to organize the album. I have been trying to find a picture of the ship Phoebe and her family came to America in, the ship's name was the "Olive Branch", and they came to America in 1842. I should try a Google search, maybe I can come up with a picture of the ship. That's a good idea about including an ancestral chart with the album. That way you have faces and names. I did one page and I drew a tree with lots of branches, then I printed small copies of photos of my ancestors, and put their names & dob & dod. Then I used rubber stamps that looked like leaves and used different colors, and it turned out well. It wasn't my original idea, but I got it from a book, and I used that page for the first page of my album. That should be interesting on how you will do your grandfather's page, since you said he was an undertaker! I think it's great that we're sharing so many ideas on preserving our history, I think that gives each other the inspiration to keep going. You guys have already given me a bunch of great ideas, I can't wait to get going! Barbara, sometimes we just need to tell someone what we're gonna do just to get fired up, there's nothing wrong with that, and you're welcome, anytime! Kim

Hi Kim and all, Your thought about preserving your family history has been a recurrent concern for me. Since becoming interested in genealogy, I have amassed a fair amount of information and have been wondering how to get my children interested in keeping at it after I am gone and following up on lines that are not finished. Realizing I have to work with what I've got and not having Vee's gift of writing, I decided to make a Heritage Scrapbook. That does not seem as daunting as writing a whole book. Today I finished the first page. Hurray (BIG GRIN) On it is a picture of me, age two, with the title, HERITAGE ALBUM of Barbara Louise Stratiff. I then wrote three short paragraphs of general information about ancestors and dedicated it to "those relatives who may be curious about the people who came before them." At least it is a start. Where I have pictures I will include them, along with some newspaper articles I have found. But, since I do not have pictures of any ancestors in some of my lines I will need to write short biographies of those people for whom I have found a few facts. The more a get into it the more excited I am about them. For instance I have copies of some advertisements found in an 1831 newspaper concerning a tavern owned by my third great grandfather. Google.com gave me some articles about taverns, bits of which I will include in the piece I will write about him. I will find a picture of a bicycle to add to the page about my second great grandfather who owned a bicycle shop. My grandfather was an undertaker. I' m not sure how I will illustrate his page (another grin). I will include an ancestry chart so the lines can be followed. Well, you get the idea. Since I am such a procrastinator I needed to tell someone what I am doing so that I will be prodded to keep going. Thanks for l istening. Barbara Moll

Dear Maryann and Kim, I know where both of you are coming from regarding the realization that it's about time we give our descendants (or future generations) a glimpse into our lives as we lived it and as we're living it now. Whenever you share a memory with our list or with someone else, print it out and file it as part of your biography. Or if you're in the mood to keep a diary or journal in which you complain how rough it is to be a Soccer Mom and/or juggling a full time job with another full time job of keeping your family happy and together at home, more's the better. Keep writing and keep printing out what you write. Eventually that will be an important part of your overall biography. vee ----- Original Message ----- From: "michael and maryann" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 10:43 PM Subject: Re: Re:[FOLKS] Sorting out old email printouts > I too have that of writing a biography about myself and may be I can answer > a question for my descendents that I have about my ancestors. I also have > thought about writing a diary I love reading the diaries you send Kim! My > grandma has passed hers down to me that she was going to throw away! She > still doesnt understand why i would want to read them. Thank you all for > everything you share. I read it all even though I dont respond to it all (O: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kim & Mike Paul" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 12:00 PM > Subject: Re:[FOLKS] Sorting out old email printouts > > > > Vee: > > > > I thought I was the only one who did that! I have all my emails printed > out and in a three ring binder. > > > > I remember the messages about your fight with breast cancer. That was > about the time I first got to know everyone. > > > > I also remember the subject of the attack on the WTC and the horror of it. > I couldn't understand why someone would want to attack us. Even to this day > whenever I see pictures of the WTC under attack, I still feel horrified all > over again. > > > > When there was so much interest in Phoebe's diaries, I printed out > everyone's email and put them along with Phoebe's diaries in a three ring > binder. > > > > On another list I'm on, they were discussing how to preserve our history > for our descendants. There were some interesting responses. > > One person used video, another used a CD, and so on. One person said that > we will be the ancestors some day and that we should have something about > ourselves so that our descendants would know something about us and the time > we lived in. I thought about writing a brief biography about myself, and > including it in our family history. I thought that would be a neat way of > telling my descendants about myself! > > > > Kim > > > >

Dear Folks, I urgently request that you do NOT forward any sort of virus alerts to our list at ANY time. The WTC Survivor Virus is a complete hoax. Check out the URL http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/wtc.htm for the details. Hopefully we all have Anti Virus programs installed in our computers and that we all depend on them to keep our computers virus free. vee list administrator ----- Original Message ----- From: "michael and maryann" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 10:39 PM Subject: [FOLKS] Fw: VIRUS alert > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "vintagedesigns" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 7:22 PM > Subject: VIRUS alert > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "dancingd" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 12:36 PM > > Subject: Fwd:FW: [Fwd: Fw: Fw: Very Important] > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > AT WORK WE HAD SOMEONE OPEN A BAD MAIL THAT SHUT US DOWN FOR A WHILE! > BE > > ON THE LOOK OUT! > > > ] > > > Very Important > > > > > > During the next several weeks be VERY cautious about opening or > launching > > any e-mails that refer to the World Trade Center or 9/11 in any way, > > regardless of who sent it. PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. > > FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, "WTC" STANDS FOR THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. REALLY > > DANGEROUS BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL OPEN IT RIGHT AWAY, THINKING ITS A STORY > > RELATING TO 9/11! > > > > > > > > > BIGGGG TROUBLE !!!! DO NOT OPEN "WTC Survivor" It is a virus that will > > erase your whole "C" drive.. It will come to you in the form of an E-Mail > > from a familiar person. I repeat, a friend sent it to me, but called and > > warned me before I opened it. He was not so lucky and now he can't even > > start his computer! > > > > > > > > > Forward this to everyone in your address book. I would rather receive > > this 25 times than not at all. So, if you receive an email called "WTC > > Survivor", do not open it. Delete it right away! This virus removes all > > dynamic link libraries (.dll files) from your computer. > > > > > > > > > > > > PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *** > > > This message contains parts that can not be recognized or delivered to > > your device but has been saved on your webmail account. It will be stored > > there for future access until your webmail account reaches a 5 Megabyte > > limit at which time it will be deleted. If you have access to a computer > > and wish to view the complete message please visit > > https://webmail.earthlink.net and enter your MailStation e-mail address > and > > password. > > > > > > >

Dear Vee & Maryann: Vee, what a great idea, I never thought to incorporate memories on our list, (or any other for that matter) in our biography! After all, our words are mirrors of ourselves, and we can get to know ourselves through our written words as I have gotten to know Phoebe through her written words in her diaries. I never really have been one to keep a diary or journal, tho I have from time to time. When I was going through a dark depression, I kept a journal, and it is fascinating to read my words through different eyes. I really felt the despair all over again. But we can write about joyous times as well, for words can be comforting and reassuring, am I making any sense? I never thought to write about going through my cancer surgery, and how I felt during that time, now, I'm thinking I should. Maryann, I'm so glad you liked the diaries, I'm lucky to have them. Maybe Phoebe's diaries can be an inspiration to all of us thinking about writing a journal! I'm so glad your grandmother didn't throw away her diaries, you have something of hers that you can touch and feel and read and remember her by! On the same note, but different subject, I've been busy all night scanning pictures and saving them to CD. They are recent pictures, taken last spring during severe thunderstorms. BTW, I'm a trained weather spotter, and I got my ham radio licsense, last May. Every time there's a bad storm, or threat of tornadoes, I'm called out to spot, and I take my digital camera, and sometimes video camera. So I've been documenting the photos and putting them to CD. I also have been scanning my ancestors photos as well as family photos, and photos of all the pets we have had over the years. Recently I found our wedding album, which I thought was lost in a fire we had in 1996, thank goodness we still have the photos! The pictures were taken in 1984, and they are already starting to fade. I'm going to scan those and put them on a separate CD. What a story we'll have to tell our descendants! Kim

I too have that of writing a biography about myself and may be I can answer a question for my descendents that I have about my ancestors. I also have thought about writing a diary I love reading the diaries you send Kim! My grandma has passed hers down to me that she was going to throw away! She still doesnt understand why i would want to read them. Thank you all for everything you share. I read it all even though I dont respond to it all (O: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim & Mike Paul" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 12:00 PM Subject: Re:[FOLKS] Sorting out old email printouts > Vee: > > I thought I was the only one who did that! I have all my emails printed out and in a three ring binder. > > I remember the messages about your fight with breast cancer. That was about the time I first got to know everyone. > > I also remember the subject of the attack on the WTC and the horror of it. I couldn't understand why someone would want to attack us. Even to this day whenever I see pictures of the WTC under attack, I still feel horrified all over again. > > When there was so much interest in Phoebe's diaries, I printed out everyone's email and put them along with Phoebe's diaries in a three ring binder. > > On another list I'm on, they were discussing how to preserve our history for our descendants. There were some interesting responses. > One person used video, another used a CD, and so on. One person said that we will be the ancestors some day and that we should have something about ourselves so that our descendants would know something about us and the time we lived in. I thought about writing a brief biography about myself, and including it in our family history. I thought that would be a neat way of telling my descendants about myself! > > Kim >

----- Original Message ----- From: "vintagedesigns" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 7:22 PM Subject: VIRUS alert > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "dancingd" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 12:36 PM > Subject: Fwd:FW: [Fwd: Fw: Fw: Very Important] > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > AT WORK WE HAD SOMEONE OPEN A BAD MAIL THAT SHUT US DOWN FOR A WHILE! BE > ON THE LOOK OUT! > > ] > > Very Important > > > > During the next several weeks be VERY cautious about opening or launching > any e-mails that refer to the World Trade Center or 9/11 in any way, > regardless of who sent it. PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. > FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, "WTC" STANDS FOR THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. REALLY > DANGEROUS BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL OPEN IT RIGHT AWAY, THINKING ITS A STORY > RELATING TO 9/11! > > > > > > BIGGGG TROUBLE !!!! DO NOT OPEN "WTC Survivor" It is a virus that will > erase your whole "C" drive.. It will come to you in the form of an E-Mail > from a familiar person. I repeat, a friend sent it to me, but called and > warned me before I opened it. He was not so lucky and now he can't even > start his computer! > > > > > > Forward this to everyone in your address book. I would rather receive > this 25 times than not at all. So, if you receive an email called "WTC > Survivor", do not open it. Delete it right away! This virus removes all > dynamic link libraries (.dll files) from your computer. > > > > > > > > PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *** > > This message contains parts that can not be recognized or delivered to > your device but has been saved on your webmail account. It will be stored > there for future access until your webmail account reaches a 5 Megabyte > limit at which time it will be deleted. If you have access to a computer > and wish to view the complete message please visit > https://webmail.earthlink.net and enter your MailStation e-mail address and > password. > > > >

Vee: I thought I was the only one who did that! I have all my emails printed out and in a three ring binder. I remember the messages about your fight with breast cancer. That was about the time I first got to know everyone. I also remember the subject of the attack on the WTC and the horror of it. I couldn't understand why someone would want to attack us. Even to this day whenever I see pictures of the WTC under attack, I still feel horrified all over again. When there was so much interest in Phoebe's diaries, I printed out everyone's email and put them along with Phoebe's diaries in a three ring binder. On another list I'm on, they were discussing how to preserve our history for our descendants. There were some interesting responses. One person used video, another used a CD, and so on. One person said that we will be the ancestors some day and that we should have something about ourselves so that our descendants would know something about us and the time we lived in. I thought about writing a brief biography about myself, and including it in our family history. I thought that would be a neat way of telling my descendants about myself! Kim

Dear Folks, This evening I was rearranging my files and such and as a result I came across a large box of old email printouts that I have been saving since 1996. BTW, yes I know that's excessive and I quite doing that in early 2002. But this evening I managed to sort them all out chronically, labled the individual stacks of them with the months/year and store them away nicely on an empty shelf I found in my bookcase containing such things. I noticed that omitted from those messages were some of them from 2000 and 2001. Those were messages posted to the NYNIAGAR list before our list was up and running and one of the subjects during 2000 was my fight against breast cancer which all of you at the time supported me 100% with your prayers and encouragement. However, I had already printed out every one of those emails and I had stored them in a special binder on the subject. But when it came to the year 2001, there was one subject I had never printed out at all. And that was the subject of the Attack on America, 9/11/01. As I recall all of us on the list were discouraged from discussing the subject on the list in that things might get out of hand. Nonetheless, many of us exchanged feelings between ourselves. Because of my difficulty at the time in handling my feelings about the horror of the attack and the aftermath, I never printed those emails out. However, I did save all of them in a special folder and eventually copied them to disk. So it looks like it's about time those messages got printed out and saved. The collection in itself is a primary history source telling how a few of us horrified and inflamed patriotic citizens felt on 9/11 and the weeks and months following the horrible aftermath. I'm certain that printing those messages out will still be difficult for me to handle even now but it's a part of American history that needs to be recorded. And trust me, they will be stored in a very special file. God bless America! vee