Ray { Clearwater } & Nez Norton scans all in & out Mail and backed up by ZoneAlarm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray" <clearwater@workfam.com> To: "J. Garland" <zippywebgenie@hotmail.com> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [BS-L] Jan C's comments on correct | I've taken a Video recorder and asked each one who they | are, mother, father, etc etc. then what is called a Dazel, | one can get the pictures from ones VCR. | | Ray { Clearwater } & Nez | | Norton scans all in & out Mail | and backed up by ZoneAlarm | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "J. Garland" <zippywebgenie@hotmail.com> | To: <BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com> | Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 2:40 PM | Subject: Re: [BS-L] Jan C's comments on correct | | | | I've done the same thing at a family gathering of my husband's family. I | | just sat down with my legal pad and as soon as they started talking old | | times, I started jotting things down. Their collective memories seem to | kick | | in when they're together, piecing things together. And then when they saw | me | | writing, it turned into a bit of a competition, to see who could remember | | the most. lol | | | | Jan G. | | | | | | ----Original Message Follows---- | | From: Pamela Booth <p.j.booth@worldnet.att.net> | | Reply-To: BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com | | To: BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com | | Subject: Re: [BS-L] Jan C's comments on correct | | Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 11:34:44 -0700 | | | | Isn't it fun to be the mouse in the corner at times? | | | | Linda Maples wrote: | | > | | > It was especially interesting at our family renuion when I handed them | | the | | > info I had gathered, it turned out to be a very productive day with a | lot | | of | | > very interesting stories, I found it is better to do it that way than | | just | | > asking them questions I got so much more when they discussed it as a | | group | | > amongest themselves with my total listening interest. | | > | | > linda | | > > Linda, | | > > When I discovered this about many of the lines I'm researching I lost | | my | | > > fear of being wrong. I'm more interested in getting the facts as | much | | > > as possible for postarity then being absolutely right about every | | little | | > > detail. I've found that people will readily come forward if they | think | | > > you're wrong. If they are people you can work with, often you will | | find | | > > that neither tradition is totally right and neither is totally wrong. | | > > Events mean different things to different family members and are | | > > remembered differently. The family fabric is richer as you gather in | | the | | > > different views. | | > > When you have a very large family the younger kids remember a whole | | > > different set of facts then the oldest kids. | | > > As they wrote in their own family Bibles, birthdays can vary and | | > > sometimes birth order is reversed. If there were several wives all | | > > kinds of interesting interpretation of facts often occurred. | | > > You can leave room for and invite the various versions and you get | more | | > > useful feedback, even for a book. The responses can be useful to a | | > > family newsletter for instance. | | > > Pamela | | > > Linda Maples wrote: | | > > > | | > > > Another thought on this is when you can't get anybody to tell you | | > anything | | > > > no matter how many times you ask nicely, just make a book with what | | you | | > have | | > > > and boy do they come out of the woodwork then to tell all the thing | | you | | > have | | > > > wrong..........it is one way to get correct info but it is a lot of | | work | | > > > too.............:) | | > > > | | > > > I didn't sell my book to sell just made it for the relatives and | | that | | > is | | > > > how I found out a lot of info they were not so forthcoming with | | > > > before.............. | | > > > | | > > > ==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== | | > > > --- | | > > > The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are | | copyrighted | | > by each individual submitter. | | > > > | | > > > http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/resources.html | | > > > search the Rootsweb, UsGenWeb and The Social Security Death Index | and | | > More. | | > > > | | > > > ============================== | | > > > 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 | | > > | | > > | | > > ==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== | | > > --- | | > > The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are | copyrighted | | by | | > each individual submitter. | | > > | | > > The Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com is a GENEALOGY list, please take | | off-topic | | > posts here, Blacksheep-Chat-L@rootsweb.com, subscribe to the chat list | | at: | | > http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/ look for the buttons. | | > > | | > > ============================== | | > > 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 | | > | | > ==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== | | > --- | | > | | > The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are copyrighted | by | | each individual submitter. | | > The BlackSheep Rootsweb Links page has many Rootsweb based search | | engines,as well as links to the BlackSheep Message Boards. | | > http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/resources.html | | > --- | | > The Blacksheep Message boards are at: | | | http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.organizations.blac | ksheep | | > | | > ============================== | | > 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 | | | | | | ==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== | | --- | | The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are copyrighted by | | each individual submitter. | | | | The Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com is a GENEALOGY list, please take off-topic | | posts here, Blacksheep-Chat-L@rootsweb.com, subscribe to the chat list at: | | http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/ look for the buttons. | | | | ============================== | | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | _________________________________________________________________ | | Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com | | | | ______________________________ |