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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a cousin that has just finished writing a
book about his ancestors. He explained it like this. He researched &
collected all the pertinent information, dates & places etc then he did
further research & started putting flesh to his family. What he meant was,
he gave them life. So much of our genealogy is not about giving our lost ones
life but death. I say that because I remember when I first started finding
family members that I never knew personally, & most of the time I never knew
they even existed, when I would finally sit down & start entering them into
my files I felt like I was burying them all over again & sometime the tears
would stream. I wasn't fortunate enough to have what it took to give them
life.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is what Cecil does. He brings the people from
his past up out of the grave & gives them life. He does it
so unselfishly & so well</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>that it is a terrible loss to us all if we are
denied his great knowledge of the history of Oregon.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have no idea how this all started but it looks
like the loser won. Who ever that person is, is a person that is only interested
in birth dates & death dates & I feel sorry for her/him because she/he
has no idea what genealogy is all about. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I want to say one final thing. You have severed a
huge portion of Oregon history from your list.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My Warmest Regards & Regrets,<BR>Helen<BR>Home
is on The Beautiful DelMarVa Peninsula</FONT></DIV>
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