Bill, I wonder if there is some way you could explain "blank book" like you did for us. I am sure there will be questions in the mind of the reader. By the way, I like your fences! Linda
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Hurst Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 6:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] test website Monty, the "blank book" is one of the fill-in-the-blanks genealogy record books. I treated it like you would a Family Bible by giving the date of the original book. If the book were dated 1964 rather than 1915, then I would know it wasn't my grandmother's work. There's an interesting story about that book. I remember it from visiting my grandmother more than 50 years ago. When my first cousin moved to out-of-state a few years ago, my sister transcribed some of the info and sent it to me. Then one day a couple of years ago I called my cousin and asked her to send me a complete photocopy. Instead she sent me the original book. I spent a lot of time working out what my grandmother had written and what her daughter had written. I eventually figured out that in some cases my grandmother was dictating the info to her daughter, for example based on the references to "grandmother," which were my grandmother's grandmother, but were in my aunt's handwriting. Then there were names which my aunt would not have known. Some items of the information are unique proof of several relationships. Glad I made that call. Bill Hurst > Looks very good to me! Well documented and well presented. One question: > The term "blank book" is used several times in citations. What does that > mean? > > Monty Reed Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
