--- FRICHJ@aol.com wrote: > Hi Dick, > I am sure Elizabeth Cole will be sorely missed but, > without doubt, someone > will rise to the occasion, if not for the 20 years > that Elizabeth and Mary > Lighthall did such distinguished yeomen's work. My > wife Mary and I will also > try to help out in your editing department and we > intend to send in some of > our research "finds" to Kinfolk when they are ready. > My wife has become > absorbed in the mysteries of genealogy, reading and > rereading copies we have > brought home from various libraries and archives, > not only for the Rich > family, but others as well. I believe she is now > quite proficient and "asks > the good questions." > > Through the marvel of computers, we have found > several cousins of the Paine > list who are interested in the Rich list and the > website because our lines > are interspersed "here and there," like all good > Cape folke. And where they > may have information missing from their web pages, > we send email back and > forth until everyone agrees on "who the children > are, who they married, etc." > Forrest Paine (me go too@aol.com) has a Paine list > going that Richs may be > interested in, since there are so many connections > with us. Send him email. > He's a good man and will be interested in hearing > from you. > > On our first trip to the Cape (1975) to research our > Rich connections, we > were busily digging away at the records in the town > clerk's office when the > town clerk (Tom Kane) said, "I don't know why you > want to go through all that > work when you have cousins all around here, > including Alivina Rich Lewis who > lives nearby. So, off we went to meet Alvina who > introduced us all around, > including George and Louise Hatch who brought us to > the Truro cemetery for > the first time. Alvina was a charming woman and a > wonderful writer who gave > us all the information we could carry and more, too. > At the time, I thought > we would never have to do any more research, but 20 > years later, we're still > at it. Addictive! And lots of fun. > > We will continue to send our puzzles to "Reply to > All," hoping to find > someone who has the answers and, at the same time, > to encourage others to ask > and answer questions sent in by their Rich Cousins! > > Happy Easter! > > Frank Rich Johnson > (603) 898-5237 > frichj@aol.com > > this is good news, thanks to craig rich for all his input to share info, ..dave in tennessee. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com