Jan, I am shocked of course. I just got in from work and read your e-mail. Sue (my wife) and I have you and your family in our thoughts and prayers and I am sure everyone on this board is doing. I will e-mail your directly. Your cousin, Jim Giddens Paris, Tx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Lindley" <jlindley@centurytel.net> To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > Jim---guess this makes us cousins also: Tom is my first cousin. Our dads > were brothers. > > This is really a rough time for me right now; my youngest son, James (age > 32) was killed in an auto accident Saturday morning. I think I'm still a > little numb, but feel like it's also important for me to try to return all > the normalcy to my life that I can. And the genealogical research is one of > my ways of dealing with stress. > > Thank you so much for the information you included; you just added several > generations to my family tree. > > Hope to hear from you again soon. > > Your cousin, > > Jan

Jim---thank you so much. I really didn't intend for my e-mail to go to the mailing list, but in some ways I'm glad it did because of all the wonderful messages I have received. Thank you again. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Giddens" <jimg@cox-internet.com> To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > Jan, > I am shocked of course. I just got in from work and read your > e-mail. Sue (my wife) and I have you and your family in our thoughts and > prayers and I am sure everyone on this board is doing. > I will e-mail your directly. > Your cousin, > Jim Giddens > Paris, Tx > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jan Lindley" <jlindley@centurytel.net> > To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 10:08 PM > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > > > > Jim---guess this makes us cousins also: Tom is my first cousin. Our dads > > were brothers. > > > > This is really a rough time for me right now; my youngest son, James (age > > 32) was killed in an auto accident Saturday morning. I think I'm still a > > little numb, but feel like it's also important for me to try to return all > > the normalcy to my life that I can. And the genealogical research is one > of > > my ways of dealing with stress. > > > > Thank you so much for the information you included; you just added several > > generations to my family tree. > > > > Hope to hear from you again soon. > > > > Your cousin, > > > > Jan > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > 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 > >

Jan, I suspected that, but I'm glad it did. We were singing in church tonight, "What a Day That Will Be", and I was thinking of you and your son. You are in our prayers. Jim Giddens Paris, Tx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Lindley" <jlindley@centurytel.net> To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 11:06 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > Jim---thank you so much. I really didn't intend for my e-mail to go to the > mailing list, but in some ways I'm glad it did because of all the wonderful > messages I have received. > > Thank you again. > > Jan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Giddens" <jimg@cox-internet.com> > To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 7:41 PM > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > > > > Jan, > > I am shocked of course. I just got in from work and read your > > e-mail. Sue (my wife) and I have you and your family in our thoughts > and > > prayers and I am sure everyone on this board is doing. > > I will e-mail your directly. > > Your cousin, > > Jim Giddens > > Paris, Tx > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jan Lindley" <jlindley@centurytel.net> > > To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 10:08 PM > > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > > > > > > > Jim---guess this makes us cousins also: Tom is my first cousin. Our > dads > > > were brothers. > > > > > > This is really a rough time for me right now; my youngest son, James > (age > > > 32) was killed in an auto accident Saturday morning. I think I'm still > a > > > little numb, but feel like it's also important for me to try to return > all > > > the normalcy to my life that I can. And the genealogical research is > one > > of > > > my ways of dealing with stress. > > > > > > Thank you so much for the information you included; you just added > several > > > generations to my family tree. > > > > > > Hope to hear from you again soon. > > > > > > Your cousin, > > > > > > Jan > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > 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 > >

Jim---there is no way you could know this, but that is one of my favorite songs of all time. Thank you again. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Giddens" <jimg@cox-internet.com> To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 8:39 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > Jan, > I suspected that, but I'm glad it did. We were singing in church > tonight, "What a Day That Will Be", > and I was thinking of you and your son. You are in our prayers. > Jim Giddens > Paris, Tx > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jan Lindley" <jlindley@centurytel.net> > To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 11:06 PM > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > > > > Jim---thank you so much. I really didn't intend for my e-mail to go to > the > > mailing list, but in some ways I'm glad it did because of all the > wonderful > > messages I have received. > > > > Thank you again. > > > > Jan > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jim Giddens" <jimg@cox-internet.com> > > To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 7:41 PM > > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > > > > > > > Jan, > > > I am shocked of course. I just got in from work and read your > > > e-mail. Sue (my wife) and I have you and your family in our thoughts > > and > > > prayers and I am sure everyone on this board is doing. > > > I will e-mail your directly. > > > Your cousin, > > > Jim Giddens > > > Paris, Tx > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jan Lindley" <jlindley@centurytel.net> > > > To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 10:08 PM > > > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > > > > > > > > > > Jim---guess this makes us cousins also: Tom is my first cousin. Our > > dads > > > > were brothers. > > > > > > > > This is really a rough time for me right now; my youngest son, James > > (age > > > > 32) was killed in an auto accident Saturday morning. I think I'm > still > > a > > > > little numb, but feel like it's also important for me to try to return > > all > > > > the normalcy to my life that I can. And the genealogical research is > > one > > > of > > > > my ways of dealing with stress. > > > > > > > > Thank you so much for the information you included; you just added > > several > > > > generations to my family tree. > > > > > > > > Hope to hear from you again soon. > > > > > > > > Your cousin, > > > > > > > > Jan > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > 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 > >