Hi Bill... Just took a look at your new website... It's great! You are doing a super job, and already have taken the concept beyond what I had envisioned. It is just what we needed, and in fact provides a "newsletter" type of site! Good Job! Regards, David B. "Dave" Strong Email: [email protected] Website, "Researching Strong(e)s and Strang(e)s in Britain & Ireland" http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/7530 ***************** -----Original Message----- From: Bill Garcia <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, October 12, 1998 12:02 PM Subject: Re: LYDIA M STRONG >http://www.wdstrong.com/strong > >Above is the link to the Biographical and Anecdotal Website for The Strong >Genealogical Network >This is just something that I put together "real quick" >I would like some feedback on what we all want this to be. >I would like to keep it as simple as we can to keep the download times as >fast as we can. >I am not a writer, and would need some help on putting together a synopsys >on what the site is. >I like the idea of putting the e-mails into html format as i have done with >a couple of the links. It keeps it simple and also makes site maint easier >for me. Also on the subject of spell checking....Some of the info that we >get comes from europe. I would like to keep the info that I receive in raw >form, with e-mail addresses or contact info so that researchers can then >find out more info or details if they need it. >As some of you know, my step mother and Grandmother put together our side of >the Strong tree. I am not a researcher, I am actually a computer repair tech >and webmaster. So I will need as much input from you folks as possible. >Thank you >Bill Garcia >ps. I am legally changing my name back to Bill Strong in a few weeks. >-----Original Message----- >From: DBS &/or MD <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Date: Friday, October 09, 1998 12:52 PM >Subject: Re: LYDIA M STRONG > > >>To Everyone! >> >>Every once in a while, I have seen some really delightful and interesting >>things written about Strongs... Their life and times.... I really wish >>SOMEONE would set up a website as part of the Strong Genealogical Network >>just for this type of material. PLEASE... are there any volunteers out >>there???? >> >>Thank YOU, Wilma, for sharing this story with us! I nominate this message >>as one of the "keepers"! {:-) >> >>Regards, >> >>David B. "Dave" Strong >>Email: [email protected] >>Website, "Researching Strong(e)s and Strang(e)s in Britain & Ireland" >>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/7530 >> >>************************* >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >>To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >>Date: Friday, October 09, 1998 10:34 AM >>Subject: Re: LYDIA M STRONG >> >> >>>> I've always thought it was interesting that the Strongs >>>> and the Motts were together once before!! >>>> >>>> Judy Mott Strong >>>> Orange, CA >>> >>>Dear Judy...Thank you VERY much for what you sent, that is the closest >>>to Vermont I have been able to get...she must be connected to that bunch >>>wouldn't you say? Now to do "digging" there.. >>> >>>My husband and I have the same thing as the MOTTS & STRONGS.. When I >>>found out that we were 7c & when I told him his comment was, "For heaven >>>sakes don't tell our kids, they have enough problems as it is" >>>(((smile))). >>> >>>I find it interesting you live in Orange...when I was a small child I >>>lived with a family in Talbert (now Fountain Valley)..they were lima >>>bean farmers..we lived just on the other side of the Santa Ana River. >>>There was a huge weeping willow tree that served as our playhouse. They >>>also took care of another girl..we were as sisters for many years until >>>she died at the age of 16!! >>> >>>My aunt lived in Santa Ana Gardens..all that area was bean fields, >>>Santa Ana Gardens wasn't too far from Talbert..I had lived with my aunt >>>and we had running water, inside bath, etc...when I went to live with >>>the Landrums in Talbert they had no running water in the house, an >>>outhouse and I took a bath in a big round tub..after first papa, then >>>mama, then Gladys and finally I had the scummy water...I hated it. But >>>mama would always pour a pitcher of warm water over me and clean me up. >>>Oh yes, the towel was wet and cold... >>> >>>I am glad I had those experiences..other wise I would never of know "the >>>other side of life" The down to earth, hard working, Hard Shell Southern >>>Baptist's. The minister had me scared me to death most of the time...I >>>was always afraid I had "backslid! and besides didn't know what that >>>was...but it was scarey! My aunt lived almost next door to the church so >>>mama would let me go visit my family when they were home. >>> >>>Any way every Saturday or Sunday we would go to Orange County Park.. >>>there we would play with the swans in the lake, & if we were lucky, papa >>>would take us rowing in the lake...there were lots of trees to run and >>>play in, a round building with a big porch with lots of chairs..this was >>>a dance hall...often I would see my cousin dancing with his girl >>>friend...how he hated it when I would find him and go out on the dance >>>floor and tug on his shirt...(I loved him and he promised to wait for me >>>to grow up so I could marry him)...HA..he married someone else!! Life >>>goes on!! Mama and papa didn't want Gladys and I near the dance hall, >>>they didn't believe in dancing...but I just couldn't stop my self from >>>seeing my beloved cousin. (once he tied me in the swings, pushed me >>>really hard and left me there..so he could have piece and quiet he told >>>me in our grown up years.. hehehehehehe >>> >>>The Orange County Park holds a lot of wonderful childhood memories for >>>me..we went there when it was a safe place for children to run in, they >>>had long long ropes tied to the trees, I have never swang (is that a >>>word?) or is it swinged so high..that is if someone would push us. They >>>had little bikes we could ride for an hour.. >>> >>>There was a large area with very large stoves with a heavy metal top >>>and wood piled near each one..people would cook their whole meals on and >>>lots of benches..what fun it was to hear the cow bell to come and eat. >>>There was a baseball field that the grownups would either watch or play >>>baseball...there was always the pledge and then everyone would sing >>>"take me out to the ball game"...that was a fun time for me. This was in >>>the 1930's... >>> >>>Then one day a man hung himself in the park and papa and mama wouldn't >>>let us run wild as we did before...we always had to stay in their sight. >>>The man had kidnapped a girl or perhaps two girls and of course my ears >>>weren't for what he did to them..but I can immange. From then on things >>>were a little bit different. >>> >>>Also in the middle of Orange was a huge beautiful tree..the road went >>>around the tree in a circle...3 of my children were born in St Joseph's >>>hospital. We lived in Laguna and there was no hospital..my 4th was born >>>in Newport Beach..a new hospital and much closer! >>> >>>Well, you have had a share of my childhood and a wee bit more!! >>> >>>This period of my life was when I became interested in genealogy and >>>family...one never knows what will trigger the interest in family.. >>> >>>Thank You from the bottom my heart, >>>Wilma Fleming Haynes >>>[email protected] >>> >>> >>>==== STRONG Mailing List ==== >>>======================================================== >>>Address for online searchers of STRONG MAIL LIST ARCHIVES: >>>http://newsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >>> >>>MAISER ARCHIVES (1996-1997): Messages Cross Indexed: >>>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9881 >>> >>>MAISER ARCHIVES (1996-1997): Messages not indexed: >>>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9853 >>>========================================================== >>> >> >> >>==== STRONG Mailing List ==== >>======================================================== >>RESEARCHING STRONG(E) AND STRANG(E) >>IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: >>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/7530/ >> >>Database and manuscript. See especially Chap. 13 >>of manuscript, entitled "Lineages". >>========================================================== >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > >==== STRONG Mailing List ==== >======================================================== >THE STRONG ROOTS DATABASE: >http://fly.hiwaay.net/~jgilbert/main/srd-toc.htm > >Strong Ancestor Charts, in GEDCOM to HTML format. >==========================================================