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    1. Re: [FOLKS] I must encourage you
    2. Dragon Farm
    3. Another source would be a job resume as this would contain information about your employment. Charles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vee L. Housman" <housman@adelphia.net> To: <NYNIAGAR-FOLKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 9:28 PM Subject: [FOLKS] I must encourage you > Dear Folks, > > For days and days I've been straining my eyeballs to the utter limits to > gather up my stories, make certain that all stories have the same margins > and now I'm to the point where I have the BIG task to edit them properly. > > But in rereading those stories, all the memories I've written down are > coming back to me. Over the years that I've been writing them, I had in > the back of my mind that hopefully a member of my family, maybe a few > generations down the line, would gather all of them up, check out the > extensive journals I've written in my adult years, and eventually put > everything together as my unusual biography. But I can't wait that long. > > Therefore, for the time being I'm just enjoying the dickens out of putting > all my stories together into a book and let the kids take it from there. > > The point I'm trying to make is for all of you to do the same thing. I > know that many of you have families, many are still holding down jobs, > many of you are dedicated to your genealogy research and many have other > outside interests. Therefore, I know that you really don't have the time > to write story after story of your memories in the past. > > But there's one thing that maybe you can do on a daily basis is to copy > the emails you've sent to the list and just save them in a folder for > future printouts. What you send to the list are your memories, what you > did today and what you want to do tomorrow. Who knows but what you're > writing down is part of your own autobiography even if just to the list. > > Think about it. > vee >

    03/26/2005 02:42:13
    1. Re: [FOLKS] I must encourage you
    2. Vee L. Housman
    3. Charles said, > Another source would be a job resume as this would contain information > about your employment. Dear Charles, Oh you're so right!! vee

    03/26/2005 04:01:45