Generosity

Recently I went to the house of one of my son-in-law's relatives who has become the family historian for her branch of the family. She shared many photos and stories about the people in them. We scanned and talked for most of the day and I left with over 100 images with the promise of more to come. Now Scott has pictures of all his grandmothers in that line back to, Sophia Mousseau, who was born in 1828. How many of us have that six-generation treasure?

Our family really appreciates the great generosity of Kristina Parker Wingler and her family who made these images available. What an example to the rest of us. Thank you.

Memorials

At the library yesterday, one of our regular researchers, John, told me that he got hooked on family history and genealogy in third grade. He said he still had the chart he did then and has enough information now for a large book. Sadly, he said that no one else in the family is really interested. One son said he would take his father's research as long as it was concentrated onto one disc. I wonder how many of us are in that unfortunate position?

Our library would be glad to receive any genealogical research material your family no longer wants. As John said yesterday, "This is a place to share." We have many local family histories that people have given us and much of our collection has come from donations. Often researchers donate books as they've finished with them so others can use them.

Think of us when you're editing your collections - our members would appreciate it.