From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Jan 1 09:31:37 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k01GVbg3001713; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 09:31:37 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k01GVa0n001884 for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 09:31:36 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k01E5NFI029792 for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 09:05:23 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k01E5NA5029791 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 09:05:23 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.18.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k01CKcFI029496 for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 07:20:38 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k01EkgaZ006240 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 07:46:42 -0700 X-Envelope-From: EwokPT@aol.com Sun Jan 1 07:46:42 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k01Ekgg3006229 for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 07:46:42 -0700 Received: from imo-m20.mx.aol.com (imo-m20.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.1]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k01EkfI9000540 for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 07:46:41 -0700 Received: from EwokPT@aol.com by imo-m20.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r6.3.) id e.f7.5f9e2613 (26116) for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 09:46:33 -0500 (EST) From: EwokPT@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 09:46:33 EST To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5300 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.16.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.16.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: ROOTS-L Digest V05 #586 How old were you when you got started in genealogy? What got you started? I was around 16 or 17 in US History class with an assignment to find out where our ancestors came from, that was about 40 short years ago. I was interested from then on. My father had inherited old family picture albums so I always felt like I knew his family from the pictures and stories. I interviewed aging relatives on my mother's side and asked about pictures I had inherited, thank goodness I did this while they were still living. I got started on the internet about 5 years ago and the world of genealogy has really opened up for me, I have made contacts with so many family members I would never have known. I was able to go to my gggrandparents graves in New York due to a message board contact. I have received copies of pictures of ancestors I never thought I would see. I have gained so much information from wonderful people by way of the computer, information I never thought I would have. I love reading through the census records, sending for and receiving pension records, it brings my family to life in a way I can't describe. I still have several brick walls but I have hopes that they will tumble down someday. I most enjoy the new family members I have been able to meet through the research. Pat Townsend