Louise, I'm with you. I'm much more interested in the family life of my ancestors whom I can identify, than just trying to learn names. Pat in Fort Wayne Louise wrote: > > If you are of PD heritage, this IS about genealogy. This list is very > diversified, and your ancestors used these terms, and ate these foods.. > isn't it rather interestiing to learn more than just the "names and > dates" of the preceding generations? After all, this was a strong group > of folks, and many of the old traditions and foods survive to this > generation, and, I believe, will survive for many more. > I hope that this list never changes; I have learned more about my > ancestors than just their names... provided here is a glimpse into how > they survived from day to day, and how 'tough' they were! > Hope that you can learn to adapt the information that's shared here into > a more knowledgable history of your own family, and .... lighten up! > Regards, > Louise > > Thomas Shontz wrote: > > > I agree-all these messages, and none about genealogy! > > > > Tom > > On Wed, 03 Sep 1997 20:55:33 -0700 Avril Yoachim <ayoachim@thecni.com> > > > > writes: > > >Did I miss a change in the content for this mail list? > > >Is genealogy (tracing of family roots) no longer the subject for > > >Penna-Dutch? > > >Just wondering. > > >I really think it's a great idea to have one mail list specifically > > >for > > >recipes, sayings, and other paraphanelia and then another list for > > >surname searches. This way a person could join one or the other (or > > >both) depending on their interest. > > >Avril > > > > > >