Tori! :-) I loved it! Since my mother's side came from Montana, this was very interesting indeed! These are the types of stories I'd like to find on anyone in our family! This is what makes genealogy research interesting and not just a bunch of dates and places! ! ! Thank you for sharing........... :-) Linda Whittaker Knott [email protected] http://www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/5868 England (Lincs, Notts, Dorset)WHITAKER,PINDER,PICKWORTH,KNOTT U.S.:WHITTAKER,LOVE,WEST,CHAPIN,MALOTT,COMSTOCK,ELLIS,FERGUSON KNOTT,GOODWIN,AVERY,CLARK,EVANS,MOCK,ROCHFORD,ALVEY >Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:51:51 +0000 >Subject: Genealogy >From: [email protected] (Tori A Frandsen) >To: [email protected] > >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. > > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com