Hi folks, If you get this you are on the Scotch Irish list which is quiet due to the summer doldroms. Many are on vacation apparently. The LDS family history center where I volunteer is empty too. I am personally very busy readying my house for the market, packing up stuff getting ready for a video session and hoping the yard dries out enough to mow and hack at vegetation. Due to the 3 inches of rain we got so far this month, everything is growing in leaps and bounds. So I am off to find a home for some books and so on and so forth. It's high stress. My one client actually hopes that I am working on his genealogy through all of this. Oh I sure do hope to get to it by mid week. Anyway for those interested I'll be moving from Massachusetts to the Allegheny/Kiskiminkis Valley (ie where I was born). It's a lot cheaper to live there so I will buy a small house outright. I will then grow my genealogy business. As it's almost all in PA/VA and points south (KY/TN, NC/SC) except for the Irish and Scottish work, I'll be better situated. My parents are quite elderly now and while they are in good health, my dad has outlived any male in his family at 84. They were coalminers and he's not. One aunt of his lived to be 105 but Aunt Maggie was Scottish not Scotch Irish so I'm off topic <grin>. Hope to be settled in long before winter. Houses here, especially cheap ones, sell fast, to priced-out Bostonians, investors, and first time buyers. Expensive ones don't sell so fast, so as this is a bargain for someone who can invest some money and sweat, it should sell. (Shrewsbury, MA, we're talking about). Once settled I'll locate an excellent VA library (Morgantown perhaps....it ain't in PGH near as I can tell...), and maybe talk my customer into continuing to work with me, in which case I'll be in Tennessee doing some genealogy-work. Might buy a little something so I can live in it when I make roadtrips. So maybe I'll even make it back to Northern Ireland next summer. I sure do hope so. Linda Merle (SI Admin) ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.fea.net

Hi Linda, My best wishes for your move ! My friend and I just moved in November, and it was not easy ! Especially since I am a pack-rat, and always have been ! But, at least we only moved to the next town. My genealogy-boxes ("banker's boxes") are still in a corner. In the small apartment we just moved from, the 25 of them took up a good corner of our living room. I have promised that in our new home they will be in a corner and - disguised ! So, I can't just walk over and pull out a folder of papers anymore ! But, I have heard that my second grandchild will arrive during the winter, so I think my "genealogy time" will be cut in half - again - before next spring arrives ! By the way, I can't remember whether the subject was posted on this List, but I found out that the book, "Family Annals," is not a book. It is a several-volume "manuscript" and only available in certain libraries. (I posted the information on the "Scots-in-Canada" List.) Also, I continue to wait for a response from the County Sligo Heritage Centre about my KERR and HENDERSON ancestors. They received my "application for research" probably several months ago. But, they are a volunteer organization. And, I'd be willing to wait several more months - if my "distant cousins" and I can find out .. who their parents were !! "You can't hurry ..... genealogy !" Enjoy your Sunday ! Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) P.S. My related ancestors were HANNAH and RITCHIE from both Ireland and Scotland. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Merle" <merle@mail.fea.net> To: <Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 10:00 AM Subject: If you got this you are on the Scotch Irish List.... > Hi folks, > > If you get this you are on the Scotch Irish list which is quiet due to the summer doldroms. Many are on vacation apparently. The LDS family history center where I volunteer is empty too. > > I am personally very busy readying my house for the market, packing up stuff getting ready for a video session and hoping the yard dries out enough to mow and hack at vegetation. > Due to the 3 inches of rain we got so far this month, > everything is growing in leaps and bounds. So I am off to find > a home for some books and so on and so forth. It's high stress. > My one client actually hopes that I am working on his genealogy through all of this. Oh I sure do hope to get to it by mid week. > > Anyway for those interested I'll be moving from Massachusetts to the Allegheny/Kiskiminkis Valley (ie where I was born). > It's a lot cheaper to live there so I will buy a small house > outright. I will then grow my genealogy business. As it's > almost all in PA/VA and points south (KY/TN, NC/SC) except > for the Irish and Scottish work, I'll be better situated. > My parents are quite elderly now and while they are in good > health, my dad has outlived any male in his family at 84. > They were coalminers and he's not. One aunt of his lived > to be 105 but Aunt Maggie was Scottish not Scotch Irish so I'm > off topic <grin>. > > Hope to be settled in long before winter. Houses here, > especially cheap ones, sell fast, to priced-out Bostonians, > investors, and first time buyers. Expensive ones don't sell > so fast, so as this is a bargain for someone who can invest > some money and sweat, it should sell. (Shrewsbury, MA, > we're talking about). Once settled I'll locate an excellent > VA library (Morgantown perhaps....it ain't in PGH near as > I can tell...), and maybe talk my customer into continuing to > work with me, in which case I'll be in Tennessee doing some > genealogy-work. Might buy a little something so I can live > in it when I make roadtrips. > > So maybe I'll even make it back to Northern Ireland next > summer. I sure do hope so. > > Linda Merle (SI Admin) > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sent via the WebMail system at mail.fea.net > > > > > > ______________________________