Letter to Grandma (from Mary Eleanor??)

Dearest Maida,

I have been working on the Rollin P. Jones ancestral file (4 generation sheets) and have finally finished them, and had copies made for all the brothers and sisters. In a way, you might say I took over from Mack (Maida's brother). He had brought what he had done to the family reunion, and I had taken work I had done, and it wasn't till the night before we all left that we tried comparing them. He hadn't done a lot, and I had more, so I suggested I bring them home and send the additional sheets I had to him. Well, I ended up doing the whole thing. I had several different sources, plus I called Aunt Ella a couple of times, and went over to see Aunt Elsie because she has a lot of Uncle Elmer's (I think this could be Elmer Jones. He had a twin, Emily, and I have pictures of them as well as the rest of their family) records. Uncle Elmer really was "gung-ho" on genealogy. I also called cousins, and came up with the most accurate records I could. Then I decided that instead of sending all the copies to Mack and having him mail them, it would save postage if I mailed directly to each one. Mack will send the file into Salt Lake (Salt Lake city is where the LDS church headquarters are. They keep records on file so many members submit information) with himself as the family rep. These copies are for you to keep in your book of remembrance.

I imagine Kathleen (Maida's daughter I assume) has been working on the Donald Vaughn ancestral file? If she hasn't already sent in those sheets, maybe the Jones line (and Mack line) on those sheets will be of help to her.

I finally found a woman who knew what she was doing so I know these are the way they are supposed to be.

I have also completed the Aubrey W. McCown ancestral file, so I feel pretty good about that, as well. I just could never seem to get going - guess we all needed a deadline. As you no doubt know, July 1st is the deadline. I am naming myself as the family rep for the McCown file.

We have a new member in the Aubrey McCown family - Mark Aubrey McCown was born last night around 8, and both mother and son are doing fine. He was taken Ceasarean, which had been planned all along because of all the problems Joyce has with her pregnancies and deliveries. But this time went better (the letter cuts off here)


* I thought this might be useful for you (Maida, the younger) for your project. It gives some direction as to who has what information on the family and where. Oh, I'm not sure who the Aubrey McCown family is. I'll look into that.