Peggy, I used to get my spiral notebook and ask Mom questions. I could tell she really liked to tell me those old stories but would tell me not to put certain parts in, that some neighbor that has been dead for 50 years cheated at dominoes and she would whisper that part. She was so funny and dear! When we were taking turns staying with her in her apt after Dad died, I would wait of a morning til she finished her one large cup of coffee and push the cup away. then I would say Grandmother! and she would say "Oh No, not that again". I had found a questionnaire for Grandmothers and I would ask her a few questions every morning. She got a kick out of it too. I never did it too long. Once to the question about some fancy gift she had received, she told how one of her brother's friends had visited and when he went home mailed her a gold watch. Her parents didn't think that was a suitable gift for a fourteen yr old girl and mailed it back, she said her mother wrote a nice note and showed it to her father and he said "That'll do." She said she had wanted so badly to wear it to school to show off in front of her friends. Another time about musical instruments, she said her mother when young had played the accordion and I got on the phone later and mentioned it to 2 or 3 close cousins on her side and they were as amazed as I was. But if I hadn't been going by the questions on that questionnaire I would not have even thought to ask those questions. I just thought this instant, I certainly hope I kept a printed copy of what we got done because that document is Gone With The Wind with my other stuff in those files. My computer did not crash, I asked this person to help because I thought they knew what they were doing. Wrong!! Well, going to go read a good book set in New Orleans one of my favorite towns to get my mind off that lost documents file. It's like wine drinkers talk, this book is to cleanse my palate before my next mystery book. Peggy Thanks for taking down Basil's stories and notes and the obits you do and keeping the line going. Wouldn't be the same with out you!! Nova In a message dated 10/19/2011 9:18:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I will get some paper & then ask Basil again about the Grantham's. It may be a few days before I get it all straight. Maybe enough to see if the Grantham's are any connection. Peggy ------------------------------- Visit the Palmertree Family History website at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm ------------------------------- 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