Eddie and All, Since I subscribed to this website, it has become my favorite. Although we may get off track a tad, I find the material so valuable, especially for those who don't know the backgrounds of their ancestors, their daily lives and traditions. That, too, is the memorable part of our family history. Don't ask me to remember a birthdate, what year it was, or who begat who, but ask me to tell you their stories, the very few I know, that I can do!! Isn't that what we're about? I've heard some of the best stories in the last few weeks and I'm making a file of them. When we get through, we'll all know what it was like to live back then. We'll feel like neighbors from CA to IL to TN and back to VA. In a way, I feel related to all of you. I just called a distant cousin in Michigan about the Carmack Reunion to be held in April. Never met the man in my life. Never talked to him before. But, he was able to tell me about my grandmother who I never knew, and my grgrandmother. What a thrill that was. When I described my grandmother as my mother had said she was, the man began to cry. I offered my awkward apologies, but he merely replied, "So many memories, so many wonderful memories." I am learning so much about my family through all of you. Thanks, so much! Pat O'Neal