What a blessing Louise and Joyce were for you. I just do not understand why anyone would want to burn another person's house. How sad. I just do not understand. Too much meanness goes on, but not in our genealogy world. It seems everyone is trying to help everyone else. It is a great world to read about and research and appreciate. I love our courageous ancestors. I like seeing their old houses and hearing their stories. It would be great to be cousins! I do hope I can find Andrew and am starting to search now. Thanks so much for your help. Bobbie >From: Pdd101940@aol.com >Reply-To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com >To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] shannon families >Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 23:34:04 EDT > >Bobbie, > When I first started my research years ago, I was fortunate to find two >cousins I >didn't know I had. They both gave a lot of material that would've taken >years >on my own to get. I was able to find much more with their help, and was >blessed with two new cousins that I felt I had known all my life. > Louise Dedman sent me 20 page letters with research, proofs and >conclusions that are invaluable. I met her on one of my trips and regarded >her as a favorite aunt I had known all my life. Thanks to Joyce Shannon >Bridges, they are now on line for everyone to use, Tommie Taylor helped me >find material on my Gr-Grandfather >Shannon and his parents. They were very gracious, and believed in sharing >and >spreading the information around to those interested in preserving our >heritage. They have inspired me to do the same. I think I get more >satisfaction out of doing that, than I do researching. > Louise had been researching since the year I was born, 1939. Some time >after my visit I learned she had been burgled three times. She had her >research in Franklin,Tnn, in the family home, but lived in town. The third >time they scattered her papers all over and set fire to the place. What a >horrible thing to do! > I can relate to how your husband feels and of course, I identify with >you. I get a little panicky when I let it pile up on me. I hope someday >soon >we can find that we are family. Mike > > >==== SHANNON Mailing List ==== >SHANNON letters by Dedman on: >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shannonfamilies > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com