I would no way want to present Remus as anything other than what he was I find being hanged as a horsethief far more colorful than the stuffy man you painted a picture of Patricia Perkins at caviness@abts.net ---------- > From: ScismGenie@aol.com > To: VESTAL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [VESTAL-L] Genealogy > Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 2:16 AM > > And throw away a distinguished membership in the International Black Sheep > Society of Genealogists? > > NO Way!! > > Jeff Scism, IBSSG Flockmaster > > > In a message dated 01/18/1999 9:29:05 PM Pacific Standard Time, > kennasmom@juno.com writes: > > << Subj: [VESTAL-L] Genealogy > Date: 01/18/1999 9:29:05 PM Pacific Standard Time > From: kennasmom@juno.com (Tori A Frandsen) > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:VESTAL-L@rootsweb.com">VESTAL-L@rootsweb.com</A> > To: VESTAL-L@rootsweb.com > > Got this from another list. I hope you all enjoy it. > > Lets say that your great-great uncle Remus Starr, a fellow lacking in > character, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in > 1889. > A cousin has supplied you with the only known photograph of Remus, > showing him > standing on the gallows. On the back of the picture are the words: > Remus Starr: Horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison, 1895. > Escaped 1887, robbed the Montana Flyer six times. Caught by Pinkerton > Detectives, convicted and hanged, 1889. > > Pretty grim situation, right? But let's revise things a bit. We > simply crop the picture, scan in an enlargement and edit it with image > processing software so that all that is seen is a head shot. > > Next, we rewrite the text: > > Remus Starr was a famous cowboy in the Montana Territory. His business > empire > grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets and imitate > dealings > with the Montana railroad. Beginning in 1885, he devoted several years > of > his life to service at a government facility, finally taking leave to > resume > his dealings with the railroad. In 1887, he was a key player in a vital > investigation run by the renown Pinkerton Detective Agency. In 1889, > Uncle > Remus passed away during an important civic function held in his honor > when > the platform upon which he was > standing collasped. > > Now we give Uncle Remus a distinguished place inside the family tree, > not hanging from it. > > >> > > > ==== VESTAL Mailing List ==== > Thank you for not sending any virus warnings, FCC, spams, or any other > non-genealogy articles to the rootsweb lists. This helps to keep the > rootsweb's equipment running smoothly, and not ruin their equipment.