Lois,
Since the Genealogy Board is resting for awhile, I will write this. I should have written it a long time ago, and I really have thought about it a lot,, but just haven't taken the time to do it.
I could do it by phone or by e-mail, but I won't . I think that everyone should hear this.
Before you joined the forum, Kjell and I were almost ready to close it down..
We could build it, but to keep it alive without any interest in help from the members.. it looked to be a lost cause.
I had tried everything I could think of to get more members interested in coming in and chatting on a daily basis..
I wanted it to be like getting together for coffee uptown, but doing it in the forum here....
But it seemed that only a handful were making the effort to post anything at all.
We hated to close the website down but it just seemed like no one really cared.
( Lois, I know that there was a moment or 2 that you dealt with the same thing that we dealt with)..but you decided to hang in there..as we did.
I think that "you" are the reason that the forum made the turn around and members picked up and finally joined in and started posting and chatting and talking.
Your Genealogy board and the suggestion to have the Obituary's, proved to be a marvelous door opener for lots of people. For that I give you a huge bow and a hearty THANK YOU!
I think we have now a great place to come in and share all kinds of things.. Questions about all subjects.. laughter, serious stufff and ...welll... just plain fun and a great meeting place.
Now I am not trying to take anything away from all of you who help in many many other ways..
No Sireee..
All of you who post and gather up new people and keep this forum alive are heros too. It takes everyone's constant posting and helping newcomers get started and a multitude of other ways to make a place like this successful. And not just once a week or once a month.. But a little bit every day. And you all do a wonderful job, and I hope you are enjoying it and having fun and most of all... making friends. I like that part the best!
And you know something else?
We may not be the biggest fish in the pan, but we sure are some of the liveliest. And I am so proud of all of you and I just want to say thanks and that without each and every one of you... this forum would not be here today.
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Amen to that, Ms. T.
Thanks TaTa for being a moderator on the Obituary board. To be in charge of a board is a pain in the pa-tootie, I know.. and I want you to know that I appreciate it.. You are doing a bang up fan-tabulous job..
(((http://www.cascity.com/howard/animations/pray.gif) Plllususeeaaaseee dear Lord.. don't let all that nice stuff I said to her make her hard to be around.. You KNOW how she gets. So Plleassseeee don't let me have to listen to how "wonderful" she is and how "smart " she is.. and ..and... Ohhhh you know~~~
Thank you..
Amen))
You said it, Ms. T. Janet is fabulous, wonderful, smart, caring and all the other complimentary adjectives you can think of. But then, I am her mother and what do I know.
I do know that you are right about this Forum being a marvelous place to be. We have a variety of people furnishing us with information that very well could have been lost. We can get any kind of a question answered. We can poke fun. I could probably go on all night on this subject, too, but I have a book I want to read and 2 baseball games going. No basketball tonight. So I am off for awhile, but don't you dare talk about me while I am gone.
Quote from: Wilma on April 09, 2007, 07:26:09 PM
So I am off for awhile, but don't you dare talk about me while I am gone.
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Not me Mama Wilma.. huh-uh (http://www.cascity.com/howard/animations/227.gif)
I never talk about you....
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Quote from: Teresa on April 09, 2007, 07:09:48 PM
(((http://www.cascity.com/howard/animations/pray.gif) Plllususeeaaaseee dear Lord.. don't let all that nice stuff I said to her make her hard to be around.. You KNOW how she gets. So Plleassseeee don't let me have to listen to how "wonderful" she is and how "smart " she is.. and ..and... Ohhhh you know~~~
Thank you..
Amen))
Aha. I knew you liked me.
I would like to throw my two cents in here with a large thank you as well. This forum is a marvelous place and the worker bees who tend and maintain it are true community heroes. Again, thank you for all you do.
Teresa said:
Quote"I think that "you" are the reason that the forum made the turn around and members picked up and finally joined in and started posting and chatting and talking." ... "I think we have now a great place to come in and share all kinds of things.. Questions about all subjects.. laughter, serious stufff and ...welll... just plain fun and a great meeting place. "
Lois, here's a big THANK YOU from Marty & me too. We love reading the geneology board and check it daily like our email to see what's new... or what's old... you know... Anyway, thanks for all the work you put in! It is appreciated.
Thank you Lois, the Genealogy Board and Obituaries are the reason I have joined this forum. If these boards there I would be just a lurker and never post anything. I do enjoy the coffee shop portion but the other boards are the one that I am interested in. So thank you LOis for all the work you do in researching and posting on these boards.
Amen to all that has been said. Ruthie and I joined on because of the boards and got hooked in. I have it minimized on my computer at work all day. Just because we don't post much, be sure that we are still there. Thanks to all those that can and do post interesting items.
Scotty
Lois and Janet, among others have found genealogy information and obituaries that I probably would never have found on my own and all of you have given me some insight into what my father's families were like when he was very young. He never talked very much about his family and since he was only two or three when the family moved to NW Kansas he didn't know much aobut the ones that stayed in the Howard area.
I feel like I have made friends through the posts from everyone, I have to read it daily and don't post very often but have had a lot of smiles from reading it. Hope everyone continues to contribute and I am hoping that I may get to come to Elk County for a visit this summer. Hope to meet all of you when I do.
Ms Bear
I'll add my thanks!!! I so enjoy feeling a contact with Elk County and being able to share some
of my family things and see yours. Although I haven't been very active recently, I will get back into the research and pictures soon. Your work and dedication is really paying off for us all Lois!!!! Thanks
While I don't have any familial ties to Elk County, I have done a bit of genealogical work on my own family tree and know the time and effort involved. So, Lois, I salute you for your dedicated efforts to providing this information to those interested in knowing more about their roots. Thank you, and keep up the great work! You are providing an invaluable service and you are greatly appreciated.
(These thanks, by extension, also go to Janet for the Obituaries thread, another important resource for those researching their genealogy. Thank you, Janet!)
Hello, forum members! :) I've been taking a much needed vacation, but decided to drop in and see what was goin' on. I want to say a big "thank you" to those that posted their kind thoughts and words of encouragement. :) :) Yes, being moderator of the genealogy board does involve countless hours of research and posting............but it's what I do best. :laugh:
I've been spending time on the "home front" and Don's a happy man! :laugh: :laugh: Will probably be back on the forum sometime next week. :)
Well let me be the first to tell you ...
Happy Home Fronting...
and take some time to relax.......
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Will enjoy seeing you back on the forum... maybe this time for awhile to just chat and talk "random" stuff...
I just want to know something, Ms. T. Where in the world do you get all of those characters that you use on your posts? I want to use them, too. Please, please, please share with us.
I would if I could, but I don't know if I am smart enough to tell you how to use them.
The animations that I am using are ones that I personally made off of different places, and Kjell incorporated them into the non public part of the inner part of this forum. I think you can maybe right click on the animation off my post and see if you can get the properties off of it and then highlight it ..copy and paste it into a new reply box, and then paste..highlight it again... and go up to the "insert image" icon and click on that.
Actually that is what I do off of the list that I have.
Confusing , I know. Maybe I can send them all to you somehow..
I will have to check with the guru.
We are in St Louis right now at the NRA Convention, but I will try to remember to look into it when I get home.
( But don't hold your breath)... ::)
I am more than a little scatter battle rattled..
Oh, yes, I know. ;D ;D ;D :D :D :D