>Hello everyone! I know this isn't necessary, but since it was brought up, >I want to send a message to everyone explaining why I "took a break" from >the website. I apologize for filling everyone's mailboxes up so I'll try >to make this quick. > >Last year, my husband and I built a new house. Our old house sold a lot >sooner than we expected (and the new house took a lot longer to get done >than expected), and we had to put pretty much everything in storage and >live with my in-laws for a couple months! (Yes, I lived through it!) > >After we finally started getting settled into the new house, my >grandmother (the person who got me hooked on genealogy) broke her leg and >after a painful couple of weeks, passed away. The day of my grandmother's >visitation, my brother had a farming accident and we're very lucky to >still have him with us. (I believe my grandmother was watching over him >that day!) My husband and I drove him to appointments, etc. He is now >finally back to work. > >I told Debie that I wouldn't be able to help answer e-mails regarding the >website or transcribe information, so I told her that she should take me >off as co-coordinator and e-mail everyone. I guess that I should have >e-mailed everyone then so there wouldn't any confusion. In the future, I >hope to be able to get back to helping Debie transcribe information, but >for now I'm just going to sit back and work on my family tree for a while. > >I think Debie has done a wonderful job on the websites. Thank you to all >the volunteers and people who donated money to help make this an excellent >site! Happy digging!!! > >Amy Kistner