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From: "Sather, Zonzabell AG:EX" <>
Subject: RE: [SCT-ISLAY] How to cleanup your family tree
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 09:05:46 -0700


Very cleverly done!

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From: MYRA DENTON [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 8:21 AM
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Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] How to cleanup your family tree


A friend sent me the undernoted and I thought you might all like to read it.
It's one way out of a sticky situation.

Myra
>
> Rewrite of family history:
>
>
> Lets say that your great-great uncle Remus Starr, a fellow lacking in
> character, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana
> in 1889.
> A cousin has supplied you with the only known photograph of Remus,
> showing him standing on the gallows. On the back of the picture are
> the words:
> Remus Starr: Horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison, 1885.
> Escaped 1887, robbed the Montana Flyer six times. Caught by Pinkerton
> Detectives, convicted and hanged, 1889.
>
> Pretty grim situation, right? But let's revise things a bit. We
> simply crop the picture, scan in an enlargement and edit it with image
> processing software so that all that is seen is a head shot.
>
> Next, we rewrite the text:
>
> Remus Starr was a famous cowboy in the Montana Territory. His
> business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
> assets and imitate dealings with the Montana railroad. Beginning in
> 1885, he devoted several years of his life to service at a government
> facility, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the
> railroad. In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run
> by the renown Pinkerton Detective Agency. In 1889, Uncle Remus passed
> away during an important civic function held in his honor
> when the platform upon which he was standing collasped.
>
> Now we give Uncle Remus a distinguished place inside the family tree,
> not hanging from it.
>
>
>


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