Who we are
We
all owe this to my husband Clay and sons Joseph and Nathan for sitting outside
all those antique stores so I could gather my collection. Clay works hard
as the Manager of Radioisotopes and Facilities for IsoRay
Medical so we can all enjoy the rare and unique finds that are out
there.
I
started buying these when I found one of the neatest books I had ever
seen in a little shop years ago, from there it has become a second hobby
(dinner bells come first, which just happen to be in these same places). I find
such sadness that these great books are wasting away when so many of us are
looking for such treasures. If we could all gather just a handful of them and
make it available to others we would all be in a better place with our research.
Please buy these books as you find them and share them. At this time none
of my books are for sale. Contact
me if the page is not scanned and I will update as I can. Please help me to place names on the
photo's that do not have them.
So
far I am not related to anyone in any of the annuals or scrapbooks so I
cannot help you with research, I just do it 'cause it's fun! Please use
what you find here to- that's why I buy them. Good luck to you in your
work and most of all- ENJOY!
I
published Them to Us in October 2005 for my family as a Christmas
gift (there are a handful of these available), it is simply an outline due to
page constrictions- I do have all the information and sources on disk that comes
with it upon request. The Cummins family was published by my cousin- she
is working on getting an amended copy published, there are no more of
these. The Huggins family is no longer available either. I received
the McGinty book a while back from a gal who was generous enough to send it to
me, she bought two when they were published and we cannot get these
anymore. My husbands grandma and cousin put the Jungwirth, Erpenbach,
Giesen, Kessenich, Bauer books together, they have both passed away and
left us with a great little compilation... I have removed to family books
from this site but can share with you anything that may be useful to you upon
request.
Clay
and I have been together for since October 1993, with no children of our
own. He has raised Joe and Nate as if they were his own. Clays daughter, Caroyle has become as
much a part of our lives as can be for the time, we look forward to any
relationship with her we can have.
She is her daddys image and has an amazing amount of beauty both inside
and out. We look forward to expanding our family when the time comes. We have 2 beautiful Boxer girls that are
fun (slightly neurotic, but fun!!), Hope joined our family at 6 weeks in April
2005. And Serenity moved in with us also at 6 weeks old in March 2007, the
world revolves around the Princess and Sissy.
We
came to
Contact
me if the page is not scanned and I will update as I can. Please help me to place names on the
photo's that do not have them.