No comment needed from me...Alan & Dorathy Hardie from the TXGOLIAD list let us all see. So Sad!!! Bob Curtis From: Alan & Dorathy Hardie <adhardie@sprynet.com> > To: undisclosed-recipients:; > Subject: [Fwd: The Way Some People Look at Genealogy] > Date: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 9:22 PM > Received this from one of the lists I belong to--HOPE it doesn't happen to any of us. Dorathy [ADAMS-L] Fw: THE WAY SOME PEOPLE LOOK AT GENEALOGY > Dear Cousin, In response to your letter, I am sorry to inform you that > grandpa "Fred" died some time back and the stuff you asked about is not available. > The personal property the family did not want was sold at an estate sale. > All those boxes of junk did not interest a single buyer. We were able to > salvage several binders for the kids homework after we sent all the paper > to the incinerator. The kids really complained about having to lug all that > paper and pictures of those ugly old folks to the dumpster. > An old family Bible from the 1840's did bring $ 5.00. The one from the 1870's did not sell. > There also was a bunch of floppy disks that we were able to reformat and > download some games for the kids to play on their new playstation. At least > SOMEBODY got some good from the three generations work. > I saw the fellow at a flea market a couple of weeks ago and he said he > threw the Bible in the trash after nobody was interested in it. He said he got > an offer for fifty cents for it, but would rather burn it than give it away. > He seemed to be having a lot of success with some very nice Elvis paintings at his booth. > The two aunts you asked about are also dead. They were such a delight > and could talk all day long about the things papa had written about. I remember > them saying something about some records that were copied from two > courthouses that later burned. Neither ever wrote down a single thing. > The letter you referred to was one he typed up and sent to lots of folks > who wrote him. He laughed about them never getting any of his hard work as well > as his Fathers and Grandfather who was in the Civil War . He guarded all > the information carefully to the bitter end. > I wish I could remember some of the things to help you, but I was bored > to tears listening to them talk about the family members who were in the civil > war and those silly pieces of paper he showed so proudly. I vaguely remember > they had some beeswax seals and something to do with the land grants that > were destroyed in the courthouse fires. I wish I could remember the > story about his grandfathers evening with Jefferson Davis when he was on the run. > There are also some very juicy stories that were handed down, but I don't > remember them very well. > Another thing I remember after he got sick was some fellow calling him and he > agreed to let him come down and copy all his material. He told him he > would call him back when he felt better. Papa mentioned something about > letting the society the man was from have all his work since nobody in the family > cared anything about a bunch of people who had been dead for 200 years. > Papa died the next week. > I am so sorry papa and the two generations wasted so much of their life > on such worthless hobbies and hope your family will follow something more > interesting. We enjoy Bingo and bowling very much here in Pleasantville. > I really enjoyed hearing from a long lost cousin and would like to hear back > if you find anything important. The kids need the computer for their > games and I need to watch the "Millionaire" show > Thank you, Cuz, Tammy Jean.