Dear Joan, Great article. Wonderful person! I hope someone on the List recognizes this George Sisson. He doesn't appear in the Richard and Mary database of course, because living folks are simply called "Living" - to protect against identity theft. And he may not appear *anyway* if his line has not been gathered by Dave and Joan of Newsletter fame, or by some contributor to the database in my time - or in Carol Regehr's. I hope someone will recognize him. What a guy! David ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 6:18 PM Subject: [SISSON-L] George Sisson - Portsmouth, RI > Hi David and list, > A friend in Middletown, RI mailed me a clipping from the Providence Journal, > April 25, 2003 with a great article on a current George Sisson, age 84, > formerly of Portsmouth, RI, and living in Bristol since 1963. He is quite a > dynamic individual and I was wondering how his line might be connected to my > husband's Sissons, also originally from Portsmouth, RI. He brought Cable TV > to RI; has just recently been awarded the annual service award from the state > Historical Preservation ands Heritage Commission; helped create Colt State > Park and the East Bay Bike Path, saved Coggeshall Farm (Revolutionary War > era), now a living farm museum; helped to restore the Bristol Co. Statehouse; > protected the environment as a member of the Coastal Management Council. His > grandfathers owned working farms in Portsmouth. After serving in W.W.II he > started a radio WALE, a radio station in Fall River, Mass. and then moved on > to TV with WTEV in New Bedford. He currently hosts a public access TV show > called East Bay Press Conference. Of course, being a SISSON in RI, he must > be in someone's line that subscribes to this list and possibly from Richard > and Mary of Portsmouth, RI. Thanks for any clues. Regards, Joan > > Joan L. Fitzsimmons > Richard&Mary 1; George 2; Richard 3; George 4; Peleg 5; Richard 6; James 7; > George 8; Charles H. 9; Warren R. 10; Natalie R. 11; Michael K. 12 [and me - > Joan (Lacy)] > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >