Hello everyone, October's roll call will focus on just one generation of your GRAY COUNTY family. It will be a twofold project, including data and also a bit of 'color.' 1. Select a family -- husband, wife, and children -- and give whatever birth, marriage, or death dates and locations you may have for each one of them. (You may submit one for each of your Gray County families.) The second step is optional, but I hope you'll find it interesting. 2. Share with us what you have learned about this family. Have there been any stories passed down through the generations? You may choose one family member to feature, or the family in general. Has your research turned up clues to their daily lives? How were they affected by wars, the weather, or by the frequent and sometimes deadly epidemics? Did they live their entire lives on the same land where their parents had lived, or did they forge ahead on their own? This Roll Call is for the full month of October, so take your time and post when you're ready, but I do hope that each of you will participate. We all collect and record the names, dates, and places for our families, but the stories give them life! Don't forget to replace the subject line with the head of household of the family you choose to feature. I ask in advance for permission to place your Family Stories on the GRAY COUNTY webpage, along with the other accounts of early life in the County. In the happy event that you have photographs of the persons you feature, please send them to me OFFLIST and I will include them with your accounts. I will leave you with a thought to ponder...a hundred years from now, what will be the stories told about YOU? [gasp!] LaRae Halsey-Brooks TimeTrvlrO@aol.com GRAY COUNTY listmgr. GRAY COUNTY TXGenWeb Project Page - http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgray/