This one ties up with the previous posting. Estie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlie Moore" <mailman@citcom.net> To: <WILSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 4:31 PM Subject: [WILSON-L] STRANGERS IN THE BOX..... > One more little story, poem actually, that says a lot about keeping good > records and information on your family's history, especially when it comes > to keeping photos. I have a lot of pictures of early family members with > nothing written on the back to identify them. So they will remain in > perpetual unknown limbo until I can connect with someone who might be able > to tell something about them. > > Don't let your family's history become "Strangers in the Box..." > > Charlie MOORE > My Family History website: www.geocities.com/pm28766/ > > Strangers in the Box > > Come.look with me inside this drawer, > In this box I've often seen, > With the pictures, black and white > Faces proud, still, serene. > > I wish I knew the people > These strangers in the box; > Their names and all their memories > Are lost among my socks. > > I wonder what their lives were like; > How did they spend their days? > About their special times and lives > I'll never know their ways. > > If only someone had taken time > To tell who, what, or when; > These faces of my heritage > Would come to life again. > > Could this become the fate > Of pictures we take today? > The faces and memories > Someday to be passed away? > > Make time to save your stories, > Seize the opportunity when it knocks, > Or someday you and yours could be... > The strangers in the box. > > --Author Unknown > > > > ==== WILSON Mailing List ==== > You flame - you're GONE. >