Thanks for another German lesson, Richard. Yeppers, kept going round and round, making that chain, that hangs down to turn the fan on, go round and round from the wind it made with it's wings. In answer to your other question, we really don't know how they got rid of it. They must have gotten it at lunchtime, when no one was around. Probably didn't want to hear all the comments, or screaming, that would have been done, had all 350 people been on the floor. Flutter Mouse, how cute that sounds :o) Lynn Richard Emlin Reed wrote: In German and in PA-D, a bat is a Fledermaus. Many German words are compound words; i.e. they put two words together to make a new word. Strangely enough, while "maus" means mouse, which a bat resembles, there is no English equivalent for "fleder". Flutter comes to mind; but flattern is the German word for flutter. So a bat is a Fledermaus. And the bat made a whirlwind around the ceiling fan? So how did the maintenance men take care of it? Did they slide the can along the floor until they reached the outdoors; or did they slide a piece of cardboard under the can, upright it, and carry it outside?

Hello and welcome to all new members!! I am also a fairly new member, and I must say that the journey has been a FUN one...you never know what will be the next topic...let's see...we have had: Back yard stories, German lessons, Richard Reed's birthday celebration, The Keiser's leaving for the Ukraine, memories of our backyards, lots of little animal stories, and lots about wonderful food from collard greens to gumbo, to shoefly pie, sticky buns, and lots more!! It is so much fun!! Oh, yes, and I must not forget the 'IAM'T twist on our language. I truly have enjoyed every post....almost forgot the memories of Reading! And renovations on Lynn's house. I wanted to reply to Sally about the square in Wilkes-Barre, and her memories of the area in Back Mountain, Trucksville, PA. Yes, I remember Percy Browns, and Fannie Farmer's Fudge. They are both gone now...the wonderful Percy Browns cafeteria style food with great fried fish on Fridays, and so much more, including the delightful baked goods. Do you remember "The Old River Road" Bakery in South Wilkes-Barre, or "The Pierce Street Bakery" in Kingston, PA? They are also both gone now., but the square that you mentioned is still in existence. When the Agnes Flood hit Wilkes-Barre it destroyed almost all of downtown Wilkes-Barre, but the square was rebuilt with bricks and overhead, covered canopies to shelter pedestrians. It still has the "square feel" with one way traffic, and a nice courtyard in the center with a fountain. There is a Boscov's Department Store, and they renovated the theatre and now have "The Kirby Center for The Performing Arts"...much like the Rajah in Reading. It has been done in the art deco theme is just absolutely beautiful. Has some big names coming in also...so Wilkes-Barre can make claim to some great entertainment. The Hotel Sterling on the corner by the bridge was still there, but might have been torn down in the last few years. Wilkes College is now a University, and Kings College is still there. Millers Jewelry also closed, but Bartikowsky's is still there. Most of the downtown stores have moved to The Wyoming Valley Mall (where the giant sink hole opened a few years back), but downtown is still "downtown", and a great place to shop!! The F.W. Woolworth was, I believe the first one to open in the country, and the plaque is still there that tells of its heritage. I believe that Planter's Peanuts also had its start there in South Wilkes-Barre...and all those wonderful breweries that were a vital part of Wilkes-Barre are all gone now. Good memories!! Sheila your WV friend --------------------------------- Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when.

Oh, rats! Now why didn't I think of that. Richard Emlin ----- Original Message ----- From: <thos@comcast.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Animals in our homes! Yikes it was a bat!! >I think bats are worse than rats. Bats fly at you! > Jerilyn > > "Bats drive me batty but they're better >> than rats! " >> Richard Emlin

Hi Debra I think I'm going to enjoy this :) Barb ----- Original Message ----- From: <dorner1065@aol.com> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 11:42 AM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] The Stories of Our Lives > > And it looks like I've finally got a cousin of my own on the > list--welcome, Barb!? > > > > --Debra > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lllorensen@sbcglobal.net > To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com > Sent: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:40 am > Subject: [PD-LIFE] The Stories of Our Lives > > > > > Hi everyone > I just joined this listing and WOW I already love it.. > No limits on what you ask , stories of lives and family and even town > birds.. I LOVE IT!! Thanks Rick.. > Barb from Missouri born in PA > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free > from AOL at AOL.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Lynn I ask for a recipe on some other message boards and Richard Berkheiser replied and told me about this list so I joined and I'm glad I did.. Barb :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Vondran" <lynnvondran@att.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] The Stories of Our Lives > Hi Barb!!! > WELCOME, once again, to yet another new member!!!! > How did you all find out about this GREAT list? > :o) > Lynn > > Barb wrote: > Hi everyone > I just joined this listing and WOW I already love it.. > No limits on what you ask , stories of lives and family and even town > birds.. I LOVE IT!! Thanks Rick.. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Had ya all the way, LOLa!! Just funnin'. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Vondran" <lynnvondran@att.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Alligators and jokes :o) > LOL!!!!!! No :o) I meant I guess you get use to alligators :o) LOL!!!!! > I reread it and it DOES sound like I meant that, doesn't it. > Lynn > > Richard Emlin Reed wrote: > Get used to what; watching alligators eat dogs? > I don't know; I've never seen one eat one. }:-)

Welcome Don! This is a very nice group of people.I am a recent member as well,and everyone has made me feel quite welcome.Please share more of your descriptive stories.Do you decend from Pa-Dutch stock? Please share some of your western Pa. memories. Jerilyn Gainsford Henderson Wilmington,De.

Lynn says, "And, Richard Emlin Reed_I was picturing you jumping up, getting the cat, and hightailing it into the house :o)". More like staggering to my feet, clutching the cat, and stumbling into the house. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Vondran" <lynnvondran@att.net> To: "Don Churchfield" <dctrk@c2i2.com>; <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 8:39 AM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Animals in our homes! Yikes it was a bat!! > Hi Don!!!! > If you like our stories, you will DEFINITELY like it here in "Uncle" > Rick's virtual kitchen, were we talk about, well, hey cuz or rather > "Uncle" Rick! Tell everyone new the rules of this list :o) Thanks! > PLEASE share your stories!!!!! And, welcome to all the newcomers, or > those who just came out of lurking :o) It's good to be a lurker at first, > for those of you who were. Then you get to know the personality of the > list, and can join in the fun, and we have FUN, FUN, FUN! > :o) > Lynn > PS And, Richard Emlin Reed_I was picturing you jumping up, getting the > cat, and hightailing it into the house :o)

Oooooooooooo, Richard !!! LOL! You sound like my Uncle Milt :O) Richard wrote: I guess you might say that bat got board. Don wrote: I just joined this list this evening, and so far I find it quite > interesting. > The stories of bats bring back memories. When we lived in Taiwan > (I was military) I opened the back door one night and a bat flew in. > He kept flying from back to front, and would not land anywhere. I > asked the maid (no, we were not rich, a full-time maid cost $30.00 > a month) to get a broom and I grabbed a mop. We tried to swat the > bat, but it would fly around the mop and broom. Finally I went outside > and got a board. I stood under where the bat was flying, and, after a > few passes over my head, I waited until it got almost to me and quickly > shoved the board up in front of the bat. It hit the board and then hit > the floor. I was able then to pick it up in a towel and get it outside. > > I grew up in Castlewood (between New Castle and Ellwood City) in > western PA. We now live in Arizona, just about a half mile from the > edge of the desert, and we have lots of wild animal tales to share later. > > God bless, > Don in AZ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In German and in PA-D, a bat is a Fledermaus. Many German words are compound words; i.e. they put two words together to make a new word. Strangely enough, while "maus" means mouse, which a bat resembles, there is no English equivalent for "fleder". Flutter comes to mind; but flattern is the German word for flutter. So a bat is a Fledermaus. And the bat made a whirlwind around the ceiling fan? So how did the maintenance men take care of it? Did they slide the can along the floor until they reached the outdoors; or did they slide a piece of cardboard under the can, upright it, and carry it outside? Richard Emlin Reed Wesley Chapel, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Vondran" <lynnvondran@att.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 8:33 AM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Animals in our homes! Yikes it was a bat!! > If you want a bat to go outside, you have to make it dark inside (why, I > don't know, because I heard bats are blind), and turn on an outside light, > then they most likely will fly out, at least they do here, IF they EVER > get in. We've only had one once, and that time I thought our house was > haunted, because my fan chain, in the kitchen ceiling fan, kept going > round and round and round, faster and faster and the fan wasn't on, so I > knew it wasn't that making it go round. It was a bat making a > "Wirbelwind" out there. Of course, I told Mike to handle it, there was no > way I was going out there to take care of getting it out of the house. > We had one where I worked one time. Someone had trapped it in an upside > down trash can. Everytime someone walked passed, they would go to upright > the trash can and one of us would yell at them. I'm not sure if us > yelling at them scared them, or the fact that there was a bat under it, > that scared them_but wish video cameras were poplular back then. It wa a > riot until maintenance came and took care of it. Of course, non of us > wanted it killed :o) They are so ugly they are cute :o) > Lynn

What a terrible story Karen Fox <karenmfox@verizon.net> wrote: My late stepfather's parents always treated me & my siblings just as they did their "real" blood grandchildren, even though I was a young adult when they entered my life. They were old school Penna Dutch - the kind that belonged to the grange, many social clubs and auxillaries, etc. They were active with the Kutztown Folk Festival and attended every Fersommling. Although they raised their family in the City of Reading, Poppop and Nana were from old farm families outside Kutztown. Upon retirement, they bought some land at the edge of the family farm from his brother and built a home they retired to. Soon after they were out in the country again, Nana rescued a tiny raccoon kit whose mother had been hit by a car in the road outside their home. She brought it inside and nursed and hand raised it, naming him Rascal. No one was surprised at her success with Rascal. He adored her and followed her around like a puppy. He enjoyed sitting in her lap and having his belly scratched. The basement was "raccoon proofed" and that was "his" space. He was timid of strangers, so when visitors would come, he would run right down to the basement. After a while, his curiosity would get the better of him and you would see the door knob move and he'd poke his nose out to investigate. Eventually if he determined there was no threat, he would come out and greet everyone. He was so full of personality and never bit or threatened anyone ever. One day my stepsister (who was about the same age as I) were up visiting Nana. My stepsister was standing with her back to the basement door and was startled when Rascal opened it from behind her and came out to join us. She screamed and started running around the coffee table. Rascal started chasing her, so she screamed more and ran faster. He kept looking back and keeping up with her as they circled the table over and over. Nana and i were laughing so hard we had tears in our eyes. We finally got my stepsister to calm down and sit down. She said "but he was chasing me, I thought he was going to attack me" (she knew better but was being dramatic). We told her no, he figured if she was screaming that there was something to be scared of so he was running after her for her to protect him from the "bad" thing whatever it was. It was the funniest thing. Nana was a good cook and Rascal was no fool. He liked to hang in the kitchen when she was cooking or baking, waiting for scraps that might fall on the floor. He grew to be the biggest fattest raccoon I've ever seen. Somewhere there is an old holiday card with a pic of Rascal sitting up on his haunches next to a kitchen chair. He came about 3/4 of the way up the chairback, he was that big. When Nana died we tucked a picture of her buddy Rascal and a little ceramic raccoon figurine into her casket "to keep her company". Poor Rascal was so lost. He would wander into the kitchen to get scraps and she wouldn't be there. He'd crawl up and sit in her chair in teh living room, but she wasn't there to scratch his belly. He had lost a lot of his "spark" once Nana died. One day he slipped outside unnoticed, wandered into the field next to their home and someone shot him and left him in the field. It was small game season, so we figure it was probably a hunter who didn't realize that he was a tamed pet (he wore a collar) until it was too late. Karen from Berks Cawhnty ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today!

I guess you might say that bat got board. Richard Emlin Reed Wesley Chapel, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Churchfield" <dctrk@c2i2.com> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 2:39 AM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Animals in our homes! Yikes it was a bat!! >I just joined this list this evening, and so far I find it quite > interesting. > The stories of bats bring back memories. When we lived in Taiwan > (I was military) I opened the back door one night and a bat flew in. > He kept flying from back to front, and would not land anywhere. I > asked the maid (no, we were not rich, a full-time maid cost $30.00 > a month) to get a broom and I grabbed a mop. We tried to swat the > bat, but it would fly around the mop and broom. Finally I went outside > and got a board. I stood under where the bat was flying, and, after a > few passes over my head, I waited until it got almost to me and quickly > shoved the board up in front of the bat. It hit the board and then hit > the floor. I was able then to pick it up in a towel and get it outside. > > I grew up in Castlewood (between New Castle and Ellwood City) in > western PA. We now live in Arizona, just about a half mile from the > edge of the desert, and we have lots of wild animal tales to share later. > > God bless, > Don in AZ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

WOW! What a GREAT story, Sally! And, what sentimental feelings this must have brought to you :o) Yes, when you see pictures of the old country, it makes you feel wonderful. There was a time in my youth when I was obsessed with The Holocaust. I figured it out later that it might have been something I needed to be interested in, as my dad's parents, it is told to me, were put to death in Auschwitz. That on his side, I am part Polish and part German. I haven't spent much time at all on his line, because I DON'T know what his name, before adoption, was. For the new ones on the list, his surname supposedly was pronounced "Hay-z-us", but I don't have ANY correct spelling of it. This story was told to me by my mom, and my uncle_I believe "Grammom" Rothenberger knew it also, but I can't remember if she said anything to me. This is very strange, because when I watch anything to do with The Holocaust, I have this urge to look at EVERY face I see, almost as though I will see them. It's a very weird feeling I have. :o) Lynn Sally wrote: He has helped me go back at least 20 generation, and pictures of the church where most were married, baptized, and worshiped. I must say it brings tears to my eyes when I see the home where my ancestors lived beside the Mein River, and the video of the town and streets where they must have walked. Last week one of the teenagers from the town and a friend of this man's came from Bavaria to Conn. to visit with her last year exchange student family drove 3 1/2 hours to come and visit our family. It was a wonderful visit. I felt like my life came full circle. I only wish my father could have seen these pictures or could have know all about his family. My dad was orphaned by the time he was 7 and grew up in an orphanage. So for me to have found this man, my heritage, and all this information I feel truly blessed. Genealogy is wonderful. So to this wonderful list, I once again say thank you for all you do, it is so appreciated by so many. Especially Me.

Debra says, "And they are really NOT cute AT ALL". Right! A bat has a face that only a mother (bat) could love. Bats drive me batty but they're better than rats! Richard Emlin ----- Original Message ----- From: <dorner1065@aol.com> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 1:13 AM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Animals in our homes! Yikes it was a bat!! > Ugh.? A bat got into my garage (which is also my basement) once. I was > coming down the steps to go out for the night and something very dark and > very silent flew past my head.? More than once.? After I got over almost > having a?heart attack I?realized it had to be a bat and, for lack of being > able to think of anything better to do, I ran back upstairs and called my > mother! > > The response I was looking for (fathers,?pay attention here) was that my > dad would be right up to take care of this unwanted guest.? But mothers > being the practical sort, mine in particular, suggested that I merely use > my extra garage door?remote to open the door and let the poor creature > escape, because, as she insisted, it was "more afraid of you than you are > of it."? (THAT was strictly a matter of her opinion, I promise you.? No > bat was presently flying past HER head.) So, I opened the door hoping it > would leave, but in my panicked state was sure that all this would do > would be to invite MORE bats in.?I waited for at least?five minutes > (making my mother stay on the phone with me the whole time).? This was in > December.??Yes, I was heating the outdoors.?? > > When I thought enough time had passed for the bat to figure out what > actions were in his best interests, I very cautiously crept back > downstairs.?Seeing no further sign of the bat,?I was convinced it had > taken the avenue of escape I had frantically provided. > > About six months later I was cleaning out my basement and saw what > appeared to be a pile of dirt in an otherwise empty flower pot.? Knowing I > would never store a pot without first cleaning it out, I?picked it up to > look at it more closely, and the?"pile of dirt" turned out to be a dead > bat!!!? I have no idea if this was the bat I thought had escaped or one of > its compadres.?I've never had?another one in the house, though, and that's > what counts! > > Ick.? I mean, I appreciate them going around doing useful stuff like > eating up all the bugs and pollinating the plants and everything, but I > will never forget how creeped out I was by that thing flying past my > head.? And they are really NOT cute AT ALL. > > --Debra?? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cathy Raber <pigeonrock@earthlink.net> > To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com > Sent: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:08 am > Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Animals in our homes! Yikes it was a bat!! > > > > > Well, talking of unexpected things. I had to put a bat > outside while I was at my sisters in OH! Scary! At first I didn't know > how to pick it up, then decided to just use a couple washcloths. I saw it > go across the floor, & I'm staring at it & saying, "No, that's not a bat", > & it went into her bathroom, in front of my eyes, but still followed it, & > so sure enough that's what it was! Then I was thinking about the fact I > could get bit, & have to go through the rabies shots, plus my three kids > were in the house!! I ended up grabbing it with a washcloth, & getting > it > outside, & watched it fly away. My kids wanted to see it, but I only let > them see the foot, which was so tiny, with it's nails! My sister, when I > told her about it, she said, did you kill it, I said of course, I didn't! > Then thought well how do you do it? I didn't even entertain the idea! > But > she said that you kill them, because they're sick, because of being in the > house!? I guess they aren't supposed to be moving around in the daylight, > & do understand that, but still! Cute little thing though! Ugly little > thing in the same breath though too! Foot is like the size of the nail on > one of your fingers, which is small! > So different animals I encountered in OH/PA area! Oh > yes, and if you ever get to Pgh. Zoo or haven't been there in years, they > have a great Aquarium now! And otters tank, & Polar bears swimming in > huge > tanks! SO AWESOME seeing everything! My favs had to been the elephant > house though! And seems to be going to build another perhaps?! Something > at least?! The bull elephant was so great! Wow, & so BIG! Amazing! > Animals certainly add to our lives, no question! > My little one certainly loved all the big dogs they > all had! Boxers were at my sisters, & became attached to both but the > male > dog especially!! Cathy > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free > from AOL at AOL.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

OUCH!!!!! Speaking of bulls, did you know that some people ACtually killed by the bulls in that bull run they have every year? Why do they do that, anyone know? Lynn Debra wrote: That's almost as bad as the guy who gets de-pantsed by the bull.

LOL!!!!!! No :o) I meant I guess you get use to alligators :o) LOL!!!!! I reread it and it DOES sound like I meant that, doesn't it. Lynn Richard Emlin Reed wrote: Get used to what; watching alligators eat dogs? I don't know; I've never seen one eat one. }:-)

Yes, I definitely know which clip you're talking about.? Poor guy!? That's almost as bad as the guy who gets de-pantsed by the bull. --Debra -----Original Message----- From: Lynn Vondran <lynnvondran@att.net> To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 8:53 am Subject: [PD-LIFE] Speaking of Johnstown Speaking of Johnstown, again_they seem to like TV shows :o) I just saw a couple on the show America's Funniest Home Videos!!! It was a wife, with the video camera aimed at her husband. She was singing what I assumed to be "THEIR" song, and she wanted him to sing it on camera. She kept egging him on, and he finally, very shyly, started singing it with her. It was so cute!!!! I wished that they had won the money, but it was the guy who flipped over the fence, after catching the fly during the baseball game he was playing. The fence caught his uniform pants and held on tightly while he went over, and hung there. Anyone remember that one? It was an old one, and Bob Saget (sp?) had longer hair and was much younger than these days :o) Lynn PS No Biggest Loser last night :o( And, Are You Smarter Than wasn't on either_basically nothing to watch on a Thursday night now, until the new seasons start up again :o( ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

Speaking of Woodpeckers, we had one here in the neighborhood, that would peck at the copper flashing over at St. Pete's Catholic Church on the one corner of our block. What a NOISE that made, and I'm sure that Woodpecker's beak was awful sore after trying to get through that. I don't see how it stood all the noise it was making. It sounded like they were constantly working on the church roof :o) Lynn PS I'm jealous of all these yellow finches I'm hearing about. They are a very colorful bird, aren't they!!! I never saw one until I moved to Columbia. The first one I saw, I thought someone's bird got out, and I was out there trying to get it to come to me :o) Linda wrote: Here in south central PA we have tons of yellow finches. However, I didn`t know that we had any until my father gave me a finch feeder for Christmas one year. Even the woodpeckers eat the finch food !!! I love to see the yellow finches sitting in the pine trees. What a sight!!!

Thanks for sending this story to the list, Sally. Genealogy is family related stuff, & that's what I love about it too! Its all related. I'm hoping that one of my kids will get interested in it someday. Genealogy people are so generous, I've found, & genuinely want to do this, which is SO COOL of them!! I'm going to have loads to share one they are!! Until then we wait & continue to write down our sources & organize! That'll keep me busy I know, & this list too! Grinning! Cathy > [Original Message] > From: Russ and Sally <scott1@embarqmail.com> > To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> > Date: 8/9/2007 11:40:38 PM > Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] The Stories of Our Lives > > HI List: I have a story I would like to share. Last January while > searching for my fathers ancestors in Bavaria on line, I e mailed a man from > the town where my fathers ancestors lived. We have corresponded everyday > since, sharing pictures of our daily lives and chatting with him and some of > his friends. He has sent me so many pictures of that special picturesque > town that goes back centuries. He has helped me go back at least 20 > generation, and pictures of the church where most were married, baptized, > and worshiped. I must say it brings tears to my eyes when I see the home > where my ancestors lived beside the Mein River, and the video of the town > and streets where they must have walked. Last week one of the teenagers > from the town and a friend of this man's came from Bavaria to Conn. to visit > with her last year exchange student family drove 3 1/2 hours to come and > visit our family. It was a wonderful visit. I felt like my life came full > circle. I only wish my father could have seen these pictures or could have > know all about his family. My dad was orphaned by the time he was 7 and > grew up in an orphanage. So for me to have found this man, my heritage, and > all this information I feel truly blessed. Genealogy is wonderful. So to > this wonderful list, I once again say thank you for all you do, it is so > appreciated by so many. Especially Me. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ELEANOR WILLIAMS" <gtrjj5@msn.com> > To: "Richard Berkheiser" <reberkheiser@earthlink.net>; > <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 10:41 PM > Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] The Stories of Our Lives > > > > Yes, Rick - I agree. Altho I do not write in often...I sure do enjoy the > > postings etc. > > > > How did you make out with Vee's Memorial? Any new info. > > > > Eleanor Niagara Falls, NY > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Richard Berkheiser<mailto:reberkheiser@earthlink.net> > > To: PADUTCH-LIFE@rootsweb.com<mailto:PADUTCH-LIFE@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 7:28 PM > > Subject: [PD-LIFE] The Stories of Our Lives > > > > > > Hi again everyone! > > > > I just wanted to let all of you know how much I appreciate the stories > > all of you have been posting to the list lately. I'm happy to see our > > group tearing a page from Vee's "play book" and sharing those interesting > > tidbits from our everyday lives much like Vee did when she was still with > > us. > > > > I've seen and been on a lot of lists over the past several years and I've > > come to the conclusion that our group is truly very special one. > > > > Thanks and please keep up the great work! :-) > > > > Rick B > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com> > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > > of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.10/943 - Release Date: 8/8/2007 5:38 PM

Hi everyone I just joined this listing and WOW I already love it.. No limits on what you ask , stories of lives and family and even town birds.. I LOVE IT!! Thanks Rick.. Barb from Missouri born in PA