got the following email outside the group.: <<Hello Teresa > I am some what confused, I am getting message from you > that has nothing to do with genealogy. I am only interested > in message that pertain to genealogy in McLennan County. > Waco is my home town from which I live very very far > away. Did I miss something when I signed up for this > message board. > Thanks. > Lacy sends... I never thot I was straying from the geneaological path. My little tidbits are part of Waco's history. There is no more North Junior or St. John's and 1st Baptist is one of Waco's oldest churches. I replied to Lacy that I sent the things thru I did because first, I see them as local history, and second, I thot one may gain some insight to a relative if there named appeared in the booklet (Treasured Thougths) or newspaper (Northern Light). Correct me, folks, if I am wrong, but isn't geneaology more than names and dates and places? I asked Lacy, "Wouldn't like to know what a favorite quote was from a relative? Or what was going on in the school they attended? Maybe thier name appeared in print. Wouldn't you want to know what a relative's favorite recipe was they sent in for a booklet?" Folks, I think it just makes the ancestor's a bit more personal. Add's to them some dimension so they are not just a name and date on the family tree. Any thoughts? Teresa Teresa ----- Original Message ----- I think what you have done is GREAT!! Yes it has to do with genealogy. That is what genealogy is all about----getting to know our ancestors. It makes them more real to us. Lilly