It seems everyone is searching for this, that or the other ancestor - asking for help and/or giving it. What are each of you doing for your descendants when 50 or 150 years from now they are looking for you? I suggest that we tithe and give ten percent of the time we spend searching for our ancestors putting our lives on line and giving our descendants some insight as to what we are doing, what problems we are facing, how we live, etc. Sure, they can read the newspapers and magazines for the BIG picture. We can do the same for our ancestors but does the BIG picture tell us how great great grandma or her peers lived? It will be interesting to see what, if any, comment this suggestion inspires. Cliff Hayes, (a leftover from WWII).

Well Cliff, I think its an excellent idea, as I have been doing that for some time. Guess I thought everyone did. I've even done a history on the township in MI, where I'm a township clerk, putting the old with the new. This is the way it looked back then, this is what I'm seeing today, and what is happening with the different families, businesses, government, etc. In this history, I ask that some one will update it again in another 50 years, just to keep current. Jan Cortez ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clifford Hayes" <cliff.hayes@earthlink.net> > It seems everyone is searching for this, that or the other ancestor - asking for help and/or giving it. What are each of you doing for your descendants when 50 or 150 years from now they are looking for you? I suggest that we tithe and give ten percent of the time we spend searching for our ancestors putting our lives on line and giving our descendants some insight as to what we are doing, what problems we are facing, how we live, etc. Sure, they can read the newspapers and magazines for the BIG picture. We can do the same for our ancestors but does the BIG picture tell us how great great grandma or her peers lived? > > It will be interesting to see what, if any, comment this suggestion inspires. > > Cliff Hayes, (a leftover from WWII).