Please add my name to the list of those expressing condolenses and appreciation for the work Annie did for the genealogy community. I knew her only briefly when asking for copies of the obits she published. I asked her one day if she would ever complete the task. Not in her lifetime nor the next was her reply. I believed she carried a laptop on one hip and a coffee pot on the other because of the amount of info she posted daily. She pumped out emails on a daily basis and quite lengthy posts just to help us researching our ancestory. She leaves a large void in our community not only with the service she provided, but in bringing all of us together and communicating and making the world a better place. Annie: I thank-you for all you've helped me with. You are in a far better place that you left, but you left us better people than before we met you. Sincerely, Larry Prince William County, Virginia --- [email protected] wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY... > (Patricia Hamill) > 2. Re: OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY... > (Bob Wissinger) > 3. Add my name to the list (Barb Hakanen) > 4. Annie ([email protected]) > 5. Annie (Maxine) > 6. Re: OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY... > ([email protected]) > 7. What Can We Do? > ([email protected]) > 8. Re: What Can We Do? (Al Greiner) > 9. Re: What Can We Do? (David & Carol > Eddleman) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:36:17 -0500 > From: Patricia Hamill <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PABlair OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE > FAMILY... > To: PABLAIR List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; > format=flowed; delsp=yes > > I am so very sorry to hear the news concerning > Annie. Please share my > sympathy with her family. She was such a warm > and wonderful person. > She has sent a number of obits to me over the > years and many times we > exchange some bits of personal information or > just the weather. She > was very proud of her grandson and his choice > of schools. I also have > a son who is a senior, who has not yet made his > choice. > > Please take care, > Pattie > Knoxville, TN > > > > I plan to copy off all these kind words and > send then to Annie's > > husband and > > family. If you prefer to send them to me, > directly, that is fine. > > I want > > them to remember how many people loved her. > > > > Carol C. Eddleman > > Bedford PAGenWeb > > http://www.pa-roots.com/~bedford/ > > Director, Data Acquisition, PA-Roots > > http://www.pa-roots.org/data/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:42:15 -0500 > From: "Bob Wissinger" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PABlair OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE > FAMILY... > To: "'David & Carol Eddleman'" > <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I didn't know Annie personally, but she was a > wonderful and generous person. > She gave so much to many many genealogical > families. Please add my > condolences to Annie's family. > > With warm personal regards, > Bob Wissinger > Perrysburg, Ohio > Host of the Conemaugh Township, Cambria Co., > Pa. Web Site > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of David & Carol Eddleman > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 9:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PABlair OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE > FAMILY... > > > I plan to copy off all these kind words and > send then to Annie's husband and > > family. If you prefer to send them to me, > directly, that is fine. I want > them to remember how many people loved her. > > Carol C. Eddleman > Bedford PAGenWeb > http://www.pa-roots.com/~bedford/ > Director, Data Acquisition, PA-Roots > http://www.pa-roots.org/data/ > > > -------------------------------------------- > My mailbox is spam-free with ChoiceMail, the > leader in personal and corporate anti-spam > solutions. Download your free copy of > ChoiceMail from www.digiportal.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:55:00 +0000 > From: [email protected] (Barb Hakanen) > Subject: PABlair Add my name to the list > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > > <1[email protected]comcast.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain > > What a shock to learn of Annies death. She has > helped me so many times over the years and > always with such joy. Please add my name to the > list for the family. > Barb Hakaknen > Nanty Glo > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:39:45 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: PABlair Annie > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Annie we will miss you, thanks for all your > help. God bless you & your family. > ???????????????????? > ?????????????????????????????????????? Bill > Huether??? ?Green Cove Springs, Fla. > ________________________________________________________________________ > More new features than ever. Check out the new > AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:45:10 -0500 > From: "Maxine" <[email protected]> > Subject: PABlair Annie > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I was so sorry to hear about Annie's death. > She has helped me a lot over the years. I > looked forward to the obits and the children's > Christmas letters to Santa that she sent. > Through personal e-mails I found out that her > best friend Helen Radel was my cousin. Small > world. She will be greatly missed. My > sympathy to the family. > Maxine > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:44:57 EST > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PABlair OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE > FAMILY... > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > To Annie Whiteman's family and close friends: > I never knew Annie in person, but I felt in > some way I did when she made me > smile when she brought me closer to my > ancestors through many of her generous > contributions. > Be comforted to know that Annie has and will > continue to place smiles on the > faces of genealogy researchers all across the > world. Like an eternal flame, > Annie?s selfless contributions in a very > special and honorable way are a > perpetual memorial to her own legacy. > With heartfelt sympathy, > Kathy Roman > Titusville FL > > > > > **************************************See AOL's > top rated recipes > (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:15:32 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: PABlair What Can We Do? > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > First, my heartfelt sympathy goes out to > Annie's family. I can't begin to tell > anyone how many obituaries I received from > Annie over the years, since all of > my family members are central to Blair and > Huntingdon counties. I was just > shocked to hear of her passing. I hope it is a > comfort to her family to know > how many of us she touched over the years and > what an impact Annie made in the > geneaological world. > > Second, are all of those obits Annie scanned > for all of us recorded anywhere for > future researchers? I personally have every > obit she ever sent recorded > electronically in the jpeg format she sent them > in. Is there a place on one of > the sites where I can submit them for posting > so that Annie's hardwork will > continue to help others? If we all submitted > the obits that we have saved from > her, we could come up with quite a database of > names that will help others. If > anyone has more information about Rootsweb and > sites like that and can help me > out with what to do, I'll be more than willing > to zing off my probably 400+ > Annie Whiteman scanned obits. > > Third, I know from recent correspondence with > Annie that she had more obits to > share with all of us that were already scanned > and on disks. She also had hard > copies that needed to be scanned. If her > family would so desire, I know for one > that I would be willing to continue her > tradition. > > With deep regret for the family and everone on > the list, > Deb Riley > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:38:04 -0500 > From: Al Greiner <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PABlair What Can We Do? > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; > format=flowed > > I have been considering these things myself. > First, I would like to > extend my condolences to the family, and will > personally, since I am > local. > > Second, I am willing to setup a memorial fund. > If others are > interested, I can go ahead with it. What the > fund would do is (with > permission from the family, of course) take all > of the obits she had > collected (they are saved on floppy disk). > These would be placed > online, with a searchable database. The > memorial fund would be used to > cover expenses associated with the web server. > We could continue to > send out the daily emails with new additions. > I think this would be the > best way we (as a list) can honor Annie's > memory and keep the tradition > alive. > > Al Greiner > > [email protected] wrote: > > First, my heartfelt sympathy goes out to > Annie's family. I can't begin to tell > > anyone how many obituaries I received from > Annie over the years, since all of > > my family members are central to Blair and > Huntingdon counties. I was just > > shocked to hear of her passing. I hope it is > a comfort to her family to know > > how many of us she touched over the years and > what an impact Annie made in the > > geneaological world. > > > > Second, are all of those obits Annie scanned > for all of us recorded anywhere for > > future researchers? I personally have every > obit she ever sent recorded > > electronically in the jpeg format she sent > them in. Is there a place on one of > > the sites where I can submit them for posting > so that Annie's hardwork will > > continue to help others? If we all submitted > the obits that we have saved from > > her, we could come up with quite a database > of names that will help others. If > > anyone has more information about Rootsweb > and sites like that and can help me > > out with what to do, I'll be more than > willing to zing off my probably 400+ > > Annie Whiteman scanned obits. > > > > Third, I know from recent correspondence with > Annie that she had more obits to > > share with all of us that were already > scanned and on disks. She also had hard > > copies that needed to be scanned. If her > family would so desire, I know for one > > that I would be willing to continue her > tradition. > > > > With deep regret for the family and everone > on the list, > > Deb Riley > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------- > > No flaming permitted on this list. This is a > one flame and you are out rule. > > ----------------------------------- > > The Blair Co. Rootsweb mailing list has no > association with the Blair Co. Genealogy > Society. > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email to [email protected] with the > word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:35:43 -0500 > From: "David & Carol Eddleman" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PABlair What Can We Do? > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; > charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > This is exactly what Annie would have liked to > hear! She gave her effort > and money, but most of all she volunteered the > information--all the > information she could possibly find. She sent > me boxes and boxes of things > that noone wanted, but were full of > information. She wanted that shared > with all of you. So, for ten years I have been > entering Pennsylvania > information, even though I live in Ohio. > > Like you, she found time and energy to look up > things for my ancestors and > would remember them and send me tidbits. > > The thing she would like most for us to do, I > believe, is gather what we do > have that is not recorded digitally on the > internet and work on that, as a > group, to share with the world. > > One time we talked about eternity and we > decided that it was giving all of > these people whose names we were entering > immortality, in a way, when we > entered their names for searching online. Who > knows how long this > information will live in cyberspace? > > We both believed in free genealogy and donated > our time to a number of > different sources--all of which she approved of > and worked at: > > Rootsweb: this list is hosted by Rootsweb and > they do not charge anything > for the service. I believe all the entries are > archived at Rootsweb, also. > Annie was also a Co-Coordinator for the Blair > County, Pa. GenWeb site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pablair/ I'm sure > Steve Patz would appreciate > listings of obits, if you submitted them to > him. There are Archives at > Rootsweb where many obituaries for Blair County > are stored at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/blair/obits.htm > I'm sure that Judy Banja, listmember, would be > glad to help you post things > there. > > GenExchange: this project is now defunct, but > Annie was the state > coordinator there and had entered nearly > 100,000 records of all types for > searching at the time of its demise. This is > the project we first worked on > together. > > PA-Roots: this project is the one I am most > heavily involved in and it is a > system that will search records throughout the > entire state at one time, > making it a very powerful search tool. Google > also picks up our records and > will include them on searches there. Blair > County is here > http://www.pa-roots.org/data/index.php?129 You > can choose the OBITUARIES > section and enter your obituaries yourself, one > at a time, making them > searchable to the entire community. I would be > more than happy to show you > how to do this. It takes only one try to see > how simple it is. Or, I have > a team of volunteers (passing it forward!) > that help enter records and we > would be happy to enter the obituaries for you > there. We would even add > Annie's name to the records, if you like. > > Keep in mind a couple of things...obituaries > are copyrighted, so if they are > "newer" (within the last 70 years or so), they > cannot be entered verbatim > online without permission of the newspaper. > What I do with these is > abstract them down to just bare facts. > > Carol C. Eddleman > Bedford PAGenWeb > http://www.pa-roots.com/~bedford/ > Director, Data Acquisition, PA-Roots > http://www.pa-roots.org/data/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the PABLAIR list administrator, send > an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the PABLAIR mailing list, > send an email to [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email to [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of PABLAIR Digest, Vol 2, Issue 225 > *************************************** >