I know it may sound odd to some, but for me it was like his dad was sending them a message through me. I don't know how else to explain this. Thanks Tina, Debie Blindauer Calumet & Sheboygan Counties At 05:19 PM 3/5/2006, you wrote: >Wow, Debie, those are terrific! Makes you believe in fate. I am >sure his dad would be very, very pleased :-) > >Excellent job! > >Tina >----- Original Message ----- From: "Debie & Joe" <sebring@excel.net> >To: <WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 6:02 PM >Subject: [WIGEN-L] Wanted to Share this > > >>Hi All, >> >> I am still sort of wowed by this, but I thought I would >> share with all of you something that has happen to me. If I wasn't >> a 100% true believer before, I certainly am now. >> >> To give you a bit of history so you understand the story >> here, I will explain in short what started this. Back early last >> fall, a gentleman contacted me asking if I would be interested in >> old photos for the Sheboygan County website. Many, many years ago >> when the Groh Photo Studio went out of business, this gentleman's >> father saw fit to save boxes upon boxes of old glass negatives. At >> some point in time, his father had passed away and he found these >> boxes in the garage. Of course he saved them and took them back to >> his house. He wrote and sent a sample of what he was doing with >> them and even though some were in bad shape, he asked if I was >> interested in adding something like that to the website. Well, of >> course, I never turn =anything= away that can be added to the >> website. So he set about photographing the glass negatives and >> doing whatever he was doing and sending me files of them. I >> started to add them to the website, I touched some up with a >> wonderful program I have because moisture had done damage. Anyway, >> I haven't had alot of time since November between dealing with the >> holidays and then hanging, mudding, sanding and painting of >> drywall, not to mention the constant medical problem that >> continues to return despite all the doctors and specialists and >> treatments. Anyway, I truly hadn't added anything to the website >> since November 17 of last year. >> >> Yesterday I was feeling well enough to be up and able to >> sit at the computer for more than about an hour at a time, for >> some reason I decided to start adding the photos again. I made >> contact with Bob and let him know what was happening and that I >> was going to be working on adding to the website again. >> >> Today in my e-mail I found a letter that he included me in >> to his siblings and other family members who knew the photos were >> being added. He stated in the e-mail the following: >> >>>As a fitting tribute to dad's penchant to keep all things old, >>>Debie Blindauer has once again begun to load the glass negative >>>images onto the Sheboygan County Website on the eve of this sad anniversary. >> >> I had no idea what he meant and sent a letter apologizing >> if I had added to his sadness. After hitting the send key, his >> letter bothered me and I had wondered what correlation my e-mail >> and adding of the photos had to do with his entire family. Knowing >> what was truly the saddest day in my life {my mom's passing}, I >> went to the internet and did a search for his dad's death date. I >> found it right away. Can you all guess what day Bob's father passed away? >> >> Yes, one year ago today, his dad passed away, March 5, >> 2005. Now, maybe it is a true coincidence. However, with as many >> other things that I could have and probably should have worked on >> or did yesterday, to have chose to add the photos instead makes me >> believe that a greater power had me choose this instead. >> >> I just thought I would share this story with you all, I >> hope no one minds since it really isn't WIGenWeb stuff, know what >> I mean? Oh, one more thing with these photos, the best part after >> having the opportunity to add these all, the vast majority are >> identified with names. Now it truly doesn't get much better than >> that when hitting a gold mine of stuff. >> >> For those interested in seeing the photos that he is >> sending, here is the url: >> >>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sheboygan/25.htm >> >> I have a full cd that he sent to add, in addition to the >> couple hundred he e-mailed. They include everything from landscape >> to furniture along with the people {of course} and even their >> pets. andn the end, I will add every last one of them. <g> >> >> >> Thanks for letting me share, >> >> Debie Blindauer >> >> Calumet & Sheboygan Counties >> >> >> >> >> >>==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== >>Celebrate Wisconsin! >>Visit the Taylor County WIGenWeb Project Pages >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~witaylor/ >> > > > >==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== >Celebrate Wisconsin! >Visit the Waukesha County WIGenWeb Project Pages >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaukes/indice.html >