Hello Marcia, My initial response on the ListServ was intended to be tongue-in-cheek. The person who posted the question about meeting a chosen ancestor responded to my initial posting. My second message was supposed to go only to her. I owe the whole list an apology for unwittingly sending my second message out to all subscribers. I owe them all an apology, but I feel it is best not to post an apology on the list and just let the matter rest. I am having some fascinating and very enjoyable conjectures about what we would talk about and what we would choose to show to each other. Just think, we would have to priortize what we would talk about and do with each other, and it would be a very difficult to decide what should be covered first! I know from the personal property inventory after the 1838 death of our immigrant ancestor, Johannes Zulauf, that seven generations back he kept bees, horses, pigs, cows, etc., had a large apple orchard, had hunting equipment, repaired shoes, raised wheat, hay, oats, corn, barley, and clover seed, etc., etc. I find it amazing that my grandfather and my father and I were all involved in the same agrarian style of life and engaged specifically in all the above mentioned activities of my 4th ggfather, known to me from the property inventory. It's fascinating to realize that for seven generations the men in the family handed down from father to son these activities. I bet old JZ would swell up with pride if he knew he had progeny following so closely in his footsteps for seven generations! And wouldn't his eyes pop at my TV, computer, air conditioner, and sport coupe! Best wishes, Nelson ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Houston" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 3:40 PM Subject: Re: [PADAUPHI] QUESTION > I don't know Nelson, your like me and are thinking to hard on this question. > My house is a mess so I think I take the walk to my ancestor's house. I > think I'd pick my father, who died at age 41 when I was 13. Some how he and > his mother's generation lost allot of the history of his family, like his gg > grandfather being in the Union army in the Civil war. So It would be great > to sit down over a beer and some liverwurst (a favorite snack of his) and > tell my dad what I've learned over the years. > Also give him a chance to tell HIS side of the stories I'm now being > told by his cousins who I have had a chance to sit with......Like how many > girls did you have to break up with when you married mom in the Navy?? And > how many times did you break your nose, heard you were a bit of a scrapper?? > > Marcia Fronk

Morning Nelson, Nice to hear from you. I thought your post was great, since we were all having the same dilemma. I was concerning myself with too many details, such as, would I be aloud to talk while at the dinner table if I was sitting with my older ancestors? Maybe we could go fishing on the bank of the Susquehanna instead. I think that is great that you can relate your way of life to your ancestors, I think if my father had a chance to do that he may have had a better outlook on life. I'm not a lumberman but I find the work my ancestors did in the Timber industry fascinating. So much so that I went out to western Pa last month where some folks constructed a lumber raft and ran it down the West Branch of the Susquehanna, it was an experience to see a full size raft up close. What a way to get your product to market! Like several of the other list members I too would like a chance to talk to the women of the family, just not much out there about them. It would be great to have a chance to just walk around their home, and listen to how they speak. But not sure how many questions I would ask. You can see in the responses to the question Nadine put out that we all have already fantasized what the answers might be. The answer we would get from our ancestors may not be what we would expect to hear. Take care, Marcia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nelson Sulouff" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 12:48 AM Subject: Re: [PADAUPHI] QUESTION > Hello Marcia, > > My initial response on the ListServ was intended to be tongue-in-cheek. > The person who posted the question about meeting a chosen ancestor > responded to my initial posting. My second message was supposed to go > only to her. I owe the whole list an apology for unwittingly sending my > second message out to all subscribers. I owe them all an apology, but I > feel it is best not to post an apology on the list and just let the > matter rest. > > I am having some fascinating and very enjoyable conjectures about what > we would talk about and what we would choose to show to each other. Just > think, we would have to priortize what we would talk about and do with > each other, and it would be a very difficult to decide what should be > covered first! > > I know from the personal property inventory after the 1838 death of our > immigrant ancestor, Johannes Zulauf, that seven generations back he kept > bees, horses, pigs, cows, etc., had a large apple orchard, had hunting > equipment, repaired shoes, raised wheat, hay, oats, corn, barley, and > clover seed, etc., etc. I find it amazing that my grandfather and my > father and I were all involved in the same agrarian style of life and > engaged specifically in all the above mentioned activities of my 4th > ggfather, known to me from the property inventory. It's fascinating to > realize that for seven generations the men in the family handed down > from father to son these activities. I bet old JZ would swell up with > pride if he knew he had progeny following so closely in his footsteps > for seven generations! And wouldn't his eyes pop at my TV, computer, air > conditioner, and sport coupe! > > Best wishes, > > Nelson