In a message dated 6/17/01 8:34:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, Firehair2 writes: > > > "Families of Southern Tier New York, North Eastern Pennsylvania, > > Some Indian Connections" > > VOL. I > > ADAMS, HOPKINS,KELLAM, JENSON, LORD,PARSONS > > > got put to bed at 3 a.m. this morning. It ended up some 1200 pages, as I > included many marryng in famiies, however sparse, so: divided it into 2 , > thus, VOL. II is half done. > > The finished product, with photos, is still bigger than originally > planned, however, hopefully everyone will enjoy. > > Have edited //proofed til I'm blind---FTM doesn't do well with text, > capitol letters at the beginning of a sentence. That kind of thing. Drove > me crazy. I sat with the kids in front of the TV watching a movie they > rented--"Meeting the Parents"--to take a break--they brought the scales in > from the bathroom, ----I was leafing thru all the stacks of papers to see > if anything major had been overlooked-- a photo misplaced, whatever. 33 > lbs of 8 1/2 by 11 sheets/notes, pages-- And that doesn't count the books, > and already put away files. > > Off to Raleigh late tomorrow, or before 9 Tuesday--- MAX 10 day turn > around.(they say--it gets sent to their "hub" out of town--by truck, not > the good old US Mail-- only thing I'll be able to change then is the > number ordered. (yes, I have two copies of the manuscript---one for them, > one for me) With pic pages, well above 600 pgs--Kellam being the major > portion. > > > Thank you for your patience, the fact this is 6 months overdo. BUT, I got > new info right up thru this past week---and wanna bet??? A major break > thru will happen on Thursday. LOLOL Go to print, and the mail box fills > up. Been there, done that one. > > > Sheila // Firehair, coffee cup in hand.---checking page numbers to be sure they run consecutively as > advertised, and randomly checking index against same. > "What you accept, you teach----the choices you make dictate the life you --those you impact----lead" http://www.rit.edu/~rbbetc/index.htm