I know better than to send this to the list, but I am doing it anyway for I think this little story will help each of us to understand why we feel the need to research our families. Francine > > The Story Tellers..... > > We are the chosen. My feelings are that in each family there is one who > seems called to find the ancestors. To put flesh on their bones and > make > them live again, to tell the family story and to feel that somehow they > know and approve. To me, doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of > facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone before. We > are > the story tellers of the tribe. All tribes have one. We have been > called, as it were, by our genes. Those who have gone before cry out to > us: > Tell our story. So, we do. > > In finding them, we somehow find ourselves. How many graves have I > stood > before now and cried? I have lost count. How many times have I told the > ancestors you have a wonderful family and you would be proud of us? How > many > times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow there was love there > for me? I cannot say. > > It goes beyond just documenting facts. It goes to who am I and why do I > do the things I do? It goes to seeing a cemetery about to be lost > forever > to weeds and indifference and saying I can't let this happen. The bones > here are bones of my bone and flesh of my flesh. It goes to doing > something > about it. It goes to pride in what our ancestors were able to > accomplish. > How they contributed to what we are today. It goes > to respecting their hardships and losses, their never giving in or > giving > up, their resoluteness to go on and build a life for their family. > > It goes to deep pride that they fought to make and keep us a Nation. It > goes to a deep and immense understanding that they were doing it for > us. > That we might be born who we are. That we might remember them. So we > do. > > With love and caring and scribing each fact of their existence, because > we are them and they are us. So, as a scribe called, I tell the story > of > my family. It is up to that one called in the next generation to answer > the call and take their place in the long line of family storytellers. > > That, is why I do my family genealogy, and that is what calls those > young and old to step up and put flesh on the bones. > > ( Unknown Author ) > > > > > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HEAD> > <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> > <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4616.200" name=GENERATOR> > <STYLE></STYLE> > </HEAD> > > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV> > </DIV> > <BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"> > <DIV>I hope you all enjoy this as much as I > did.</DIV> > <DIV>Tom</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> > <BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"> > <DIV> > The Story Tellers..... > > We are the chosen. My feelings are that > in each family there is one who > seems called to find the ancestors. To put > flesh on their bones and make > them live again, to tell the family story and > to feel that somehow they > know and approve. To me, doing genealogy is not a > cold gathering of > facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone > before. We are > the story tellers of the tribe. All tribes have one. We have > been > called, as it were, by our genes. Those who have gone before cry out > to us: > Tell our story. So, we do. > > In finding them, we somehow find > ourselves. How many graves have I stood > before now and cried? I have lost > count. How many times have I told the > ancestors you have a wonderful family > and you would be proud of us? How many > times have I walked up to a grave > and felt somehow there was love there > for me? I cannot say. > > It goes > beyond just documenting facts. It goes to who am I and why do I > do the > things I do? It goes to seeing a cemetery about to be lost forever > to weeds > and indifference and saying I can't let this happen. The bones > here are > bones of my bone and flesh of my flesh. It goes to doing something > about > it. It goes to pride in what our ancestors were able to accomplish. > How > they contributed to what we are today. It goes > to respecting their > hardships and losses, their never giving in or giving > up, their > resoluteness to go on and build a life for their family. > > It goes to > deep pride that they fought to make and keep us a Nation. It > goes to a deep > and immense understanding that they were doing it for us. > That we might be > born who we are. That we might remember them. So we do. > > With love and > caring and scribing each fact of their existence, because > we are them and > they are us. So, as a scribe called, I tell the story of > my family. It is > up to that one called in the next generation to answer > the call and take > their place in the long line of family storytellers. > > That, is why I do > my family genealogy, and that is what calls those > young and old to step up > and put flesh on the bones. </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> > <BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV>( Unknown Author ) > > > </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> > </XMP> > > ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- > Return-Path: <twaters12@adelphia.net> > Received: from rly-za01.mx.aol.com (rly-za01.mail.aol.com > [172.31.36.97]) by > air-za05.mail.aol.com (v79.27) with ESMTP id MAILINZA55-0723164355; Mon, > 23 > Jul 2001 16:43:55 -0400 > Received: from smtprelay1.adelphia.net (smtprelay1.adelphia.net > [64.8.25.6]) > by rly-za01.mx.aol.com (v79.20) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINZA16-0723164335; > > Mon, 23 Jul 2001 16:43:35 -0400 > Received: from thomaswa ([24.49.195.8]) by > smtprelay1.adelphia.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with > SMTP id GGY1HV03.J5H; Mon, 23 Jul 2001 16:41:55 -0400 > Message-ID: <000b01c113b8$32f03dc0$08c33118@aburny.adelphia.net> > From: "Thomas A. Waters" <twaters12@adelphia.net> > To: "Keith Williamson" <gamule@worldnet.att.net>, > "Thomas R. Waters" <trwaters@sc.rr.com>, > "Mary Waters" <c300@cyberstreet.com>, > "Edwin L. Waters" <EWaters@cfl.rr.com>, > "Dianna Vaughn" <vaughn@gator.net>, > "Thomas Waters, Jr" <taw1129@hotmail.com>, > "SueAnn Sanders" <flgeekgirl@home.com>, > "Clydie Driggers Russell" <clydieruss@aol.com>, > "Ina Mae Sanders" <Jims313@cs.com>, > "Marie Elaina Putrelo" <marie.putrelo@metlife.com>, > "Linda Gail \(Cannon\) McCollum" <LindaMc414@aol.com>, > "Sandra High McLin" <McSandHi@aol.com>, > "Michelle Langley" <mandr96@crosslink.net>, > "Pat Harrison" <Patwheaton@aol.com>, > "Mary F. Hatcher" <maccafan@gator.net>, > "Jo Ann Waters Grissom" <DSG33@aol.com>, > "Ellen \(Adams\) Drake" <Ellen@TheDrakes.com>, > "Belinda Faye Carroll" <bfc2345@aol.com>, > "Michelle Barrera" <chelle@desoto.net> > Subject: Fw: ROGERS-D Digest V01 #225 > Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 16:43:53 -0400 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0008_01C11396.A8976200" > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200
Francine: Thank you for helping to describe my addiction and need to understand the old-timers. Sometimes I think they are closer friends than the people I associate with. I saw a quote on a genealogy site in the UK the other day that stuck in my head: "Pray, please. And draw near. For I have a story to tell." I'm forwarding your story to my husband in hopes that it'll help him understand my need! Thanks again, Terri Brigman England --- Francine <granij@home.com> wrote: > > I know better than to send this to the list, but I > am doing it anyway for I > think this little story will help each of us to > understand why we feel the > need to research our families. > > Francine > > > > > The Story Tellers..... > > > > We are the chosen. My feelings are that in each > family there is one who > > seems called to find the ancestors. To put flesh > on their bones and > > make > > them live again, to tell the family story and to > feel that somehow they > > know and approve. To me, doing genealogy is not > a cold gathering of > > facts but, instead, breathing life into all who > have gone before. We > > are > > the story tellers of the tribe. All tribes have > one. We have been > > called, as it were, by our genes. Those who have > gone before cry out to > > us: > > Tell our story. So, we do. > > > > In finding them, we somehow find ourselves. How > many graves have I > > stood > > before now and cried? I have lost count. How > many times have I told the > > ancestors you have a wonderful family and you > would be proud of us? How > > many > > times have I walked up to a grave and felt > somehow there was love there > > for me? I cannot say. > > > > It goes beyond just documenting facts. It goes > to who am I and why do I > > do the things I do? It goes to seeing a cemetery > about to be lost > > forever > > to weeds and indifference and saying I can't let > this happen. The bones > > here are bones of my bone and flesh of my flesh. > It goes to doing > > something > > about it. It goes to pride in what our ancestors > were able to > > accomplish. > > How they contributed to what we are today. It > goes > > to respecting their hardships and losses, their > never giving in or > > giving > > up, their resoluteness to go on and build a life > for their family. > > > > It goes to deep pride that they fought to make > and keep us a Nation. It > > goes to a deep and immense understanding that > they were doing it for > > us. > > That we might be born who we are. That we might > remember them. So we > > do. > > > > With love and caring and scribing each fact of > their existence, because > > we are them and they are us. So, as a scribe > called, I tell the story > > of > > my family. It is up to that one called in the > next generation to answer > > the call and take their place in the long line > of family storytellers. > > > > That, is why I do my family genealogy, and that > is what calls those > > young and old to step up and put flesh on the > bones. > > > > ( Unknown Author ) > > > > > > > > > > > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 > Transitional//EN"> > > <HEAD> > > <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; > charset=iso-8859-1"> > > <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4616.200" > name=GENERATOR> > > <STYLE></STYLE> > > </HEAD> > > > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV> > > </DIV> > > <BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"> > > <DIV>I hope you all enjoy this as much as I > > did.</DIV> > > <DIV>Tom</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> > > <BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"> > > <DIV> > > The Story Tellers..... > > > > We are the chosen. My feelings are that > > in each family there is one who > > seems called to find the ancestors. To put > > flesh on their bones and make > > them live again, to tell the family story and > > to feel that somehow they > > know and approve. To me, doing genealogy is not a > > cold gathering of > > facts but, instead, breathing life into all who > have gone > > before. We are > > the story tellers of the tribe. All tribes have > one. We have > > been > > called, as it were, by our genes. Those who have > gone before cry out > > to us: > > Tell our story. So, we do. > > > > In finding them, we somehow find > > ourselves. How many graves have I stood > > before now and cried? I have lost > > count. How many times have I told the > > ancestors you have a wonderful family > > and you would be proud of us? How many > > times have I walked up to a grave > > and felt somehow there was love there > > for me? I cannot say. > > > > It goes > > beyond just documenting facts. It goes to who am > I and why do I > > do the > > things I do? It goes to seeing a cemetery about > to be lost forever > > to weeds > > and indifference and saying I can't let this > happen. The bones > > here are > > bones of my bone and flesh of my flesh. It goes > to doing something > > about > > it. It goes to pride in what our ancestors were > able to accomplish. > > How > > they contributed to what we are today. It goes > > to respecting their > > hardships and losses, their never giving in or > giving > > up, their > > resoluteness to go on and build a life for their > family. > > > > It goes to > > deep pride that they fought to make and keep us > a Nation. It > > goes to a deep > > and immense understanding that they were doing > it for us. > > That we might be > > born who we are. That we might remember them. So > we do. > > > > With love and > > caring and scribing each fact of their > existence, because > > we are them and > > they are us. So, as a scribe called, I tell the > story of > > my family. It is > > up to that one called in the next generation to > answer > > the call and take > > their place in the long line of family > storytellers. > > > > That, is why I do > > my family genealogy, and that is what calls > those > > young and old to step up > > and put flesh on the bones. </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> > > <BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV>( Unknown Author ) > > > > > > </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> > > </XMP> > > > > ----------------------- Headers > -------------------------------- > > Return-Path: <twaters12@adelphia.net> > > Received: from rly-za01.mx.aol.com > (rly-za01.mail.aol.com > > [172.31.36.97]) by > > air-za05.mail.aol.com (v79.27) with ESMTP id > MAILINZA55-0723164355; Mon, > > 23 > > Jul 2001 16:43:55 -0400 > > Received: from smtprelay1.adelphia.net > (smtprelay1.adelphia.net > > [64.8.25.6]) > > by rly-za01.mx.aol.com (v79.20) with ESMTP id > MAILRELAYINZA16-0723164335; > > > > Mon, 23 Jul 2001 16:43:35 -0400 > > Received: from thomaswa ([24.49.195.8]) by > > smtprelay1.adelphia.net (Netscape > Messaging Server 4.15) with > > SMTP id GGY1HV03.J5H; Mon, 23 Jul 2001 > 16:41:55 -0400 > > Message-ID: > <000b01c113b8$32f03dc0$08c33118@aburny.adelphia.net> > > From: "Thomas A. Waters" <twaters12@adelphia.net> > > To: "Keith Williamson" <gamule@worldnet.att.net>, > > "Thomas R. Waters" <trwaters@sc.rr.com>, > > "Mary Waters" <c300@cyberstreet.com>, > > "Edwin L. Waters" <EWaters@cfl.rr.com>, > > "Dianna Vaughn" <vaughn@gator.net>, > > "Thomas Waters, Jr" <taw1129@hotmail.com>, > > "SueAnn Sanders" <flgeekgirl@home.com>, > > "Clydie Driggers Russell" > <clydieruss@aol.com>, > > "Ina Mae Sanders" <Jims313@cs.com>, > > "Marie Elaina Putrelo" > <marie.putrelo@metlife.com>, > > "Linda Gail \(Cannon\) McCollum" > <LindaMc414@aol.com>, > > "Sandra High McLin" <McSandHi@aol.com>, > > "Michelle Langley" > <mandr96@crosslink.net>, > > "Pat Harrison" <Patwheaton@aol.com>, > > "Mary F. Hatcher" <maccafan@gator.net>, > > "Jo Ann Waters Grissom" <DSG33@aol.com>, > > "Ellen \(Adams\) Drake" > <Ellen@TheDrakes.com>, > > "Belinda Faye Carroll" <bfc2345@aol.com>, > > "Michelle Barrera" <chelle@desoto.net> > > Subject: Fw: ROGERS-D Digest V01 #225 > > Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 16:43:53 -0400 > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > > > boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0008_01C11396.A8976200" > > X-Priority: 3 > > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 > > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE > V5.50.4522.1200 > > > > ==== SCMARION Mailing List ==== > Marion County SCGenWeb site: > http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/1786/marion.html > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/