Katie Shelley wrote: > Hello. This is a comment for Chris Shelley - or > whoever has done the geneolagy work on the Shelleys of > Shelley Island from your website. I'm a descendent of > the Shelley Island crowd, according to my late > Grandmother, Esther Zimmerman-Shelley's research. > Though I've never delved into the geneolagy myself, > I've recently become more interesting in canoeing and > kayaking - and so one of these days I may find myself > at Shelley Island while heading down the Susquehannah. > Who knows? > I remember a picture of one of the Abraham Shelleys > (circa 1850's or so, I believe). He had about 20 > children - and my grandmother found a letter from the > school board telling Abraham to keep his lousy > children home....presumably until they could get rid > of the headlice! That certainly must have been > difficult with all those kids! > Your Shelley page was one of the first pages to > come up when I searched for "Shelley Island" on > Google. Great work - Thanks! > > Katie Shelley :) Thanks for the feedback. While I no longer get the [email protected], I'll forward it just in case Chris is still getting it. The "lousy Shelley kids" is a new and interesting story, I haven't heard it before. Perhaps others have, and may contact you for more details. :) -- Regards, CHARLES EARL FIES -- Fies Family Fotos <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/> FIES/FEES Family History Research Site <http://www.fies-fees.org> BABB - HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Babbs.html> DAUPHIN CO. CEMETERIES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/DauphinCo.html> ERNST-GRUBER <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Ernsts.html> Forgotten Cemeteries <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Forgotten.html> FRASCELLA -- <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Frascella.html> HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Hartman.html> SCHLEGEL-PETERS <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/EarlPete.html> SNYDER-JONES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/ermafies.html> SWARTZ / SCHWARTZ <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Swartz.html> WIELAND-YOUNG-STONER<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Wealands.html> ZIMMERMAN - Berks Co PA<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Zimmerman.html>