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! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~