From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Jun 18 20:51:25 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5J2pLjb009351; Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:51:21 -0600 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 k5J2pKLS005924 for ; Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:51:20 -0600 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 k5J0F5FI016113 for ; Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:15:05 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k5J0F5Qr016112 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:15:05 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k5INeAFI015965 for ; Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:40:10 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k5J2GEdL028094 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:16:14 -0600 X-Envelope-From: ramonashuldberg@msn.com Sun Jun 18 20:16:14 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5J2G1jb028040 for ; Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:16:01 -0600 Received: from hotmail.com (bay117-dav2.bay117.hotmail.com [207.46.8.12]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5J2FxOa012558 for ; Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:16:00 -0600 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:15:55 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 65.100.201.238 by BAY117-DAV2.phx.gbl with DAV; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 02:15:50 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.100.201.238] X-Originating-Email: [ramonashuldberg@msn.com] X-Sender: ramonashuldberg@msn.com From: "NOEL L SHULDBERG" To: "Bruce Kilborn" , "Carolyn Ferguson" , "Connie Wade" , "dmbirdzell" , "Eva Spillett" , "helen berrett" , "Jackoleen Gibson" , "John and Ann Shipp" , "Margaret Hansen" , "Marsha Roth" , "overthehill97401" , "Racheal Crestwell" , "ROOTS-L" , "Shawna Zitzelsberger" , "steve schneringer" Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:15:53 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.20.0026.0800 Seal-Send-Time: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:15:53 -0600 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Jun 2006 02:15:55.0495 (UTC) FILETIME=[4BC6C770:01C69346] X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Genealogy GENEALOGY AND WHY WE DO IT We are the chosen. In each family there is one who seems called to find the ancestors. To put flesh on their bones and make them live again, to tell the family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve. Doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone before. We are the story tellers of the tribe. All tribes have one. We have been called, as it were, by our genes. Those who have gone before cry out to us: Tell our story. So, we do. In finding them, we somehow find ourselves. How many graves have I stood before now and cried? I have lost count. How many times have I told the ancestors, "You have a wonderful family; you would be proud of us." How many times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow there was love there for me? I cannot say. It goes beyond just documenting facts. It goes to who we are and why we do the things we do. It goes to seeing a cemetery about to be lost forever to weeds and indifference and saying I can't let this happen. It goes to pride in what our ancestors were able to accomplish. How they contributed to what we are today. It goes to respecting their hardships and losses, their never giving in or giving up, their resoluteness to go on and build a life for their family. Without them we would not exist. So, as a scribe called, I tell the story of my family. It is up to you, the next generation, to answer the call and take my place in the long line of family storytellers. (unknown author)