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To: Neeka who wrote (11257)	12/31/2011 9:10:08 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 23934

You may have done this already, but perhaps there might be a saved letter or two that a cousin would have that had been handed down through the years. And sometimes I've found pictures that way too....I ever thought when I started this project years ago that I would be chasing all the living folks....really wanted to see what the ones who had passed on thought, and what they did with their lives. However, I soon realized that if we wanted to find anything like letters, books, journals, pictures, etc....those items had to be residing either in the garbage dump, OR more hopefully, with living descendents of those folks.... That realization opened up a whole new world to me.... It's funny.....distant but real cousins that you've never met are a bit like us on SI....we meet each others brains and know those who you want to know better, and those you don't......I've met some wonderful friends on SI over the years, many of whom I've met, and many that (so far) I've not met.....Ditto with cousins....Most are very happy to share copies, and/or stories that help to fill in the blanks.....

To: Neeka who wrote (11257)	1/2/2012 3:55:41 PM
From: Joe Btfsplk	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23934

A buddy grew up in rural NJ. to folks who didn't have a pot or a window. Cheap transport from the Salinas valley killed his dad's truck garden business. He had a pickup, so began hauling garbage for his neighbors. He was a picker and a saver and acquired the reputation, so his neighbors gave him stuff. One thing of particular interest was a manuscript written in a period that bracketed the civil war. It was basically a family and neighborhood diary that wasn't so laden with begats as to become overwhelming. Folks talked about grandpas who'd fought in the Revolution, even everyday life in the period preceding. My friend's family were among the descendants of the subjects, along with their friends and neighbors. Made for some interesting reading.