Dear Vee & group: I've been reading Vee's posts about putting together all of her stories in a book, I think that's terrific! Vee, you've been doing a wonderful job & you give us much to think about in writing our own family histories & stories of our memories. Sometime ago, Vee suggested to me about printing off all the emails to our list and keeping them in a notebook. Well, I've been doing exactly that, & am on my 2nd notebook! When I was posting Phoebe's diaries, I printed off all the emails I received, & put them in the same notebook of the transcriptions of Phoebe's diaries. I thought they would add some "flavor" to Phoebe's diaries. What I've also done is print off any and all responses I get from other genealogy lists I'm on, pertaining to the surnames I'm researching. I've started to write down some of my memories and I realized that I don't have that many I can remember! Maybe I have a poor memory or something! But at any rate, I do have some memories that I can write down. Kim

Dear Kim, I'm so pleased that you're on the right track. Your magnificent transcription of Phoebe's diaries and you're printing out the email responses that you received will certainly add a lot to her story. She was such a dear girl. Regarding the dim memories of your life, just think about them and then when the time comes and you can remember the stories you can tell, just go ahead and tell them in your own words. Yes, you're on the right track. vee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim & Mike Paul" <kimpaul@nque.com> To: <NYNIAGAR-FOLKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 11:10 PM Subject: Re: [FOLKS] I must encourage you > Dear Vee & group: > > I've been reading Vee's posts about putting together all of her stories in > a book, I think that's terrific! Vee, you've been doing a wonderful job & > you give us much to think about in writing our own family histories & > stories of our memories. > > Sometime ago, Vee suggested to me about printing off all the emails to our > list and keeping them in a notebook. Well, I've been doing exactly that, > & am on my 2nd notebook! > > When I was posting Phoebe's diaries, I printed off all the emails I > received, & put them in the same notebook of the transcriptions of > Phoebe's diaries. I thought they would add some "flavor" to Phoebe's > diaries. > > What I've also done is print off any and all responses I get from other > genealogy lists I'm on, pertaining to the surnames I'm researching. > > I've started to write down some of my memories and I realized that I don't > have that many I can remember! Maybe I have a poor memory or something! > But at any rate, I do have some memories that I can write down. > > Kim > >