Congrats!!!!! Will you rub some of that luck onto the rest of us????? <VBG>!! Cindy :) Nance Sampson wrote: > > A short time ago I sent out an "Old News" post with a blurb at the > bottom about the October meeting of the GRS of Eau Claire. Well, I want > to tell you a little story that just happened to me this week. > > Wednesday evening, just after supper, the phone rang. Being prepared to > hear a sales pitch, I answered the phone. A woman on the other end > asked for me and I responded. She said she was the president of the > Barron Co. Genealogical Society and that she had seen my name in the GRS > of Eau Claire's newsletter (I had given my family group sheet to them > upon membership and it was published in the last edition -- thanks > Wyn!) One of the names on my group sheet was a name she recognized from > a book she had purchased a while back. Actually, the book was a Bible! > And it was from the Wittren family! She had purchased it for 50 cents > and had put it in their society's archive library. She has very > gratiously offered to let me have the Bible (for a fee of 50 cents -- > cheap when you consider the valuable information within!) and I am going > to meet with her on Tuesday over lunch. This is the first and only time > that I have had a "hit" on my Wittren surname. Very exciting! > > The moral of the story is, join your local genealogical societies. They > help you so much! You never know when that one person will come along > and be able to offer you information that you need! I know I will be > forever grateful to the GRS! Heck, I'm even considering joining the > Barron Co. Genealogical Society now! <VBG> > > -- > Nance Sampson > mailto:[email protected] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SURF MY PAGES!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Personal webpages - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/2337 > WashburnCo.GenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwashbu > EauClaireCo.GenWeb - http://users.rootsweb.com/~wieaucla/eauclair.htm > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MAIL LISTS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > WashburnCo. Mail List -- [email protected] > EauClaireCo. Mail List -- [email protected] > Type subscribe or unsubscribe in message body with signature file turned > off! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ==== WIEAUCLA Mailing List ==== > Eau Claire Co. Queries WELCOME! > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaire