tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post3888560655911462322..comments2023-09-11T23:57:00.520-05:00Comments on Velvet Sacks: Lola's JourneyLinda@VShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04499621332375290781noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-36826172419298677432022-01-18T06:59:06.463-06:002022-01-18T06:59:06.463-06:00Hello mate nice postHello mate nice postWinniehttps://www.winniereeve.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-76666686613921857192015-11-12T08:58:19.400-06:002015-11-12T08:58:19.400-06:00Linda- I am working on article about the "Gre...Linda- I am working on article about the "Great Waynesville Bank Robbery" that occurred June 24, 1917. The central office, where I believe your Mammaw worked, plays into the story- the bank robbers told Mrs Anderson, who was on duty, to "answer no calls". When the bandits blasted the safe a slab of steel struck the side of the central office and tore a hole through the wall- and broke a picture inside the building. To help illustrate the story, I would love to use the photo of Lola Elliott as it is was taken the same year that this occurred. I would certainly identify your grandmother in the photograph and credit you as the source. You can read an account of the robbery at: http://www.oldstagecoachstop.org/webgeezer/Gazette03/waynesvillebankrobbery.pdf. My email address is piagt71@gmail.com and I would love to hear from you. I was delighted when I found this photo- and enjoyed your post very much. Thank You for sharing! Laura (Abernathy) Huffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269538946641660293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-39922794212488989572014-04-03T16:02:44.954-05:002014-04-03T16:02:44.954-05:00Thanks, Miss Dazey, it's nice to meet you!Thanks, Miss Dazey, it's nice to meet you!Linda@VShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499621332375290781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-4020661782562345862014-04-03T07:55:39.361-05:002014-04-03T07:55:39.361-05:00Good morning, I saw your comment on Ronni's bl...Good morning, I saw your comment on Ronni's blog. I will be back and read more of your excellent writing and interesting stories.MissDazeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03016106662830199895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-40831544942258771172014-04-02T10:41:20.091-05:002014-04-02T10:41:20.091-05:00Thank you, Betsy. The old photos and documents I h...Thank you, Betsy. The old photos and documents I have are among my greatest treasures. If you're really interested in learning more about your own ancestors--and are willing to dig through a mountain with a teaspoon--take the names, dates (and places?) that your sister has accumulated and start there. Ancestry.com is a treasure trove, of course, but the Internet is full of information that you don't have to pay for. Almost every little town now has a web page of its history; that's one good way to find out what was going on where your ancestors lived. Sometimes just Googling their name--especially if you add the name of a spouse or a location--will pull up information that will surprise you. I was helping a friend once when he'd hit a roadblock on his family tree and Googled his father's middle name. One of the hits contained a photo of a Civil War officer who looked remarkably like my friend and turned out to be a great-grandfather whose name he'd never heard. It's really fun if you like that kind of thing.<br /><br />You and I and other bloggers are doing our part for future generations by telling about our lives on the Internet. Let's just hope technological advances don't leave our words lost somewhere in the ether.Linda@VShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499621332375290781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-34956709951408534712014-04-01T22:17:22.420-05:002014-04-01T22:17:22.420-05:00I loved reading it all. Thank you for sharing. I...I loved reading it all. Thank you for sharing. I wish I had anything written down by my ancestors. I am the "baby" in the family and grandparents had passed away before I was born. I would love to just know what a normal day was like for any of them, see photos of their homes, especially their kitchens. My sister has done genealogy back for generations but other than names & dates that is about all I know. Everyone has a story, I wish I had my families' stories to read.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17587660021794374929noreply@blogger.com