--WebTV-Mail-22500-315 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit The thing on Remus Starr...thats pretty funny.... I wish I knew more about my family....but I seem to be lerning more each day..!!!. Eric Edward Brake --WebTV-Mail-22500-315 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-102-1.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.98) by postoffice-253.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Sat, 24 Jul 1999 18:27:58 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by mailsorter-102-1.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8/ms.graham.14Aug97) with ESMTP id SAA26699; Sat, 24 Jul 1999 18:27:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA08309; Sat, 24 Jul 1999 18:26:55 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 18:26:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: "Roland Elliott" <[email protected]> Old-To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Fw: How to cleanup your family tree Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 18:28:59 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/497 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 17 50 Subject: Fw: How to cleanup your family tree > > Subject: How to cleanup your family tree > > > > This was sent via the SAR group thanks to them for giving us a way out of > a > > bad dilemma. > > > > Rewrite of family history: > > > > > > 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, 1885. > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > ==== Dutch-Colonies Mailing List ==== > MILITARY RECORDS-and how to use them: > http://www.avana.net/~lhaasdav/military.html > Bureau of Land Management-SOME STATES-busy, keep trying... > http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ > > --WebTV-Mail-22500-315--