This is a wonderful story Faye. I too have memories such as these. I call them "Precious Memories." Jim. At 03:34 PM 6/17/02 -0500, you wrote: >Hello, >I just had to send my "two cents worth" of information. > A few years ago, about 4, I accompanied my father to the only grist mill > that was working at the time in Alabama. We carried corn that he had > raised on his farm and had it ground into meal. Of course I took my > camera and made pictures of Dad carrying the sacks of corn into the mill > to be ground, pictures of the mill working, etc. Dad talked all the way > there and back about his experience as a young boy taking the grain to > mill every week or so to have the family's needs met. He rode a mule and > tied the grain onto the back of the saddle and this trip would take him > the entire day. Very interesting (then and now) to see this process. I > received some valuable information for my family research on that trip. >Faye