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From: "R Curtis" <>
Subject: [OHGUERNS] [ADAMS-L] Fw: THE WAY SOME PEOPLE LOOK AT GENEALOGY
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 19:29:52 -0500


No comment needed from me...Alan & Dorathy Hardie from the TXGOLIAD list let
us all see. So Sad!!! Bob Curtis

From: Alan & Dorathy Hardie <>
> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
> Subject: [Fwd: The Way Some People Look at Genealogy]
> Date: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 9:22 PM
>
Received this from one of the lists I belong to--HOPE it doesn't happen
to any of us.
Dorathy

[ADAMS-L] Fw: THE WAY SOME PEOPLE LOOK AT GENEALOGY

> 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 sold 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 about 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 watch the "Millionaire" show
> Thank you, Cuz, Tammy Jean.


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