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From: "Joe & Laura Schmidt" <>
Subject: [HOWIE] Where is yours going
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:36:29 -0700


This is too good not to share!

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From: "Carla" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 12:18 AM
Subject: Re: " Where is yours going.!!! "

I do not know if this will be allowed on a mailing list or not, but here
goes. I just received this and does it ever hit the nail on the Head.. We
have had several friends and relatives that this has happened to in the past
ten years. What a pity. One must prepare for that day. {{It must be in
Writing,}} If it is not, then the family(executor) can do what ever they
want to do with it and you can do nothing to stop them. Please put it into
writing as what you want done with all those little pieces of papers, the
files, information on your computer and boxes of what other people call
junk, etc...etc... Remember you MUST have it in writing.

C & D in Oregon
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" A GENEALOGIST'S NIGHTMARE "

Dear Cousin ////,
In response to your letter, I am sorry to inform you that grandpa " Fred"
died some time back and the stuff you asked about is not available. The
personal property the family did not want was old at an estate sale. All
those boxes of junk did not interest a single buyer. We were able to
salvage several binders for the kids homework after we sent all the paper to
the incinerator. The kids really complained bout having to lug all that
paper and pictures of those ugly old folks to the dumpster.

An old family Bible from the 1840's did bring $5.00. The one from the
1870's did not sell. There also was a bunch of floppy disks that we were
able to reformat and download some games for the kids to play on their new
playstation. At least SOMEBODY got some good from the three generations
work.

I saw the fellow at a flea market a couple of weeks ago and he said he threw
the Bible in the trash after nobody was interested in it. He said he got an
offer for fifty cents for it, but would rather burn it than give it away. He
seemed to be having a lot of success with some very nice Elvis paintings at
his booth.

The two aunts you asked about are also dead. They were such a delight and
could talk all day long about the things papa had written about. I remember
them saying something about some records that were copied from two
courthouses that later burned. Neither ever wrote down a single thing. The
letter you referred to was one
he typed up and sent to lots of folks who wrote him. He laughed about them
never getting any of his hard work as well as his Fathers and Grandfather
who was in the Civil War. He guarded all the information carefully to the
bitter end. I wish I could remember some of the things to help you, but I
was bored to tears listening to them talk about the family members who were
in the civil war and those silly pieces of paper he showed so proudly. I
vaguely remember they had some beeswax seals and something to do with the
land grants that were destroyed in the courthouse fires.

I wish I could remember the story about his grandfathers evening with
Jefferson Davis when he was on the run. There are also some very juicy
stories that were handed down, but I don't remember them very well. Another
thing I remember after he got sick was some fellow calling him and he agreed
to let him come down and copy all his material. He told him he would call
him back when he felt better. Papa mentioned something about letting the
society the man was from have all his work SINCE NOBODY IN THE FAMILY CARED
anything about a bunch of people who had been dead for 200 years. -- Papa
died the next week. --

I am so sorry papa and the two generations WASTED so much of their life on
such WORTHLESS HOBBIES and hope your family will follow something more
interesting. We enjoy Bingo and bowling very much here in Pleasantville.

I really enjoyed hearing from a long lost cousin and would like to hear back
if you find anything important. The kids need the computer for their games
and I need to go watch the "Millionaire" show.

Your Cousin,
////

Where is all your Research Files going?
Where is all those Tombstone and Old Pictures going?
What will happen to all the $$'s you spent on researching for those ARTICLES
that you only have HALF finished?

People that " DO NOT SHARE " deserve to have all their work destroyed when
they pass on. I have had many that did not even return a reply to my
queries or just plainly state " I DO NOT SHARE, " or "It has just cost me
to much to get what I have."

Why Not Preserve Some of Your Family History.
"" SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE TODAY!!! ""

It is a shame that one cannot understand that
"SHARING IS CARING"
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