Doug: I read your recent posting with some interest. Although I can't help you find the young lady in question, I want you to know that I wish you the best in your quest. Shy guys deserve to win once in a while! At 02:26 AM 7/31/1999 -0700, you wrote: >VALOUISA-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 90 > >Today's Topics: > #1 A genealogical matter of a differe ["Doug Dobbs" <[email protected]>] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from VALOUISA-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > >that contains in the body of the message only the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 10:05:43 -0400 >From: "Doug Dobbs" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: A genealogical matter of a different sort >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Dear folk, > >I hope you will pardon a request of a different nature, perhaps you can play >a part in a future genealogy. :) > >Last Friday, 7/23/99, I was in the National Archives Building in D.C., >researching some relatives from the CW era. > >As I was leaving the fourth floor about 4:45PM a very attractive young lady >was coming out of the microfilm room. She made an abrupt about face, like >she's forgotten something, and I held the elevator door open, hoping she'd >come back out. In a second she reappeared and I asked her if she was going >down. She gave me a very wonderful smile that lit up the hallway and said >yes. We chatted about her research on the trip down and I recall it had to >do with trying to find ancestors in Louisa Co., Va., hence my posting to >this list. She wore no ring and impressed me as both very personable and >intelligent. I really was hoping to get to know her better. > >That day she'd been researching some Rev. War ancestors and was a bit >discouraged. It seems their records were destroyed in the British invasion >of D.C. in the War of 1812. > >As we entered the lobby she had to dig through her book bag for some sort of >receipt that she'd had to have for her camera to clear security and I waited >for her to find it. We then went around the security desk on opposite sides >and I was going to ask her if she'd like to join me for dinner. But the >guard went through my stack of photocopies with a fine tooth comb and she >got out the door before I did. > >When I got outside, she was just going around the corner to the left, >towards Constitution Ave. When I reached that corner she was almost to the >next corner. Being somewhat shy by nature and not wanting to run after her >and perhaps frighten her I figured I'd let it go. And continued on my >homeward journey with a deep sigh. > >But she keeps coming back to mind and I'd love to find her and ask her out >to dinner. > >If my memory serves me right she had on white shorts, and a day pack that >was a darker color, blue or black I think. I don't think her blouse was >white but I can't recall what color it was. I think her hair was a lighter >color, but not sure if it was blonde. She would be about 5' 6" to 5' 9" I'd >guess and had a trim build, shall we say. No discernable accent that I can >recall. I don't remember her eye color either. She looked to be in her >late 20's I'd guess. Her personality was the thing that really captivated >my attention after that first glance. Something sort of "clicked" and I had >the impression it was mutual but we were both sorta nervous I think. > >I'm an honorable guy, single and have excellant references. :) If you know >who this woman might be, I'd really like to have a second chance to ask her >out. I never got her name or where she lived or anything, so this is a long >shot. But if this rings any bells for anyone, I'd appreciate the help if >you could get me in touch with her. > >I'm not exactly "Sleepless in Hagerstown" but dinner with her would sure be >a nice thought. > >Respectfully, > >Doug Dobbs >Hagerstown, Md. >