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Bradford County PA
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Chemung County NY
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Tioga County PA
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Tri-Counties Genealogy &
History by Joyce M. Tice
Tri-County Postcards
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Sullivan Township has visit
from Chemung County Historians
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It was a very special day for my Sullivan Township Museum when the Chemung
County Historians paid a visit. Thirteen visitors all at once is a record
for my little presentation. Some brought friends or relatives, too, and
they were a fine group of visitors. Cold as it was in my unheated
museum on this late October day, actually the second floor of my barn,
none complained and only one shivered visibly. (We TOLD him to dress warm!!)
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| Visitors examine some of the photos on display and the computer
slide shows. |
Bim Van Etten (Town of Big Flats Historian) and Art Kieffer ( Chemung
County Historian) |
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| Pat Wainwright (Curator Erin Museum) and Sylvia DENTON Smith (Town
of Ashland Historian) |
Suzanne MESSING Murphy,(on right) (Town of Erin Historian), brought
her husband (not shown) and her brother and sister in law - in photo with
her. She also wrote a very nice note afterward - included below. |
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| Mr. Messing and Zeke Wood . |
Clayton Murphy and Zeke Wood photograph the rest of us |
Dear Joyce,
Thank you for so graciously hosting us at your museum and home.
We ("we" being those from the Chemung Co. Historians Group and Friends)
had a wonderful time; I have received several emails and phone calls about
it from those who attended. The general consensus is that we would
all like to return, perhaps on a warmer day in the spring, or earlier in
the fall. You have so great a collection and variety of information
presented in an organized and attractive and understandable way.
All of the pictures are grand! My brother was so impressed with all
the computer screens with the constantly changing photos, etc. He
said that it was a dream to someone like him. Art Kieffer was thrilled
as well, with the whole trip. Joan O'Dell gave us a wonderful history
over the handhelds that each of us had in our cars, as we traveled to your
site. The "lunchtime," where food and stories and friendship were
shared in your kitchen/dining room was a highlight for me. It gave
us all a time to share personal stories and discover new insight
to one another. What a wonderful land we live in. May God Bless
you in all of your endeavors.
Sincerely - Shalom, Suzanne and Clayton Murphy
Erin, N. Y. (Where you are always a welcome guest!)
Well, now I know what I've been missing! Your 'barn'
is so chock-ful of wonderful old things, and I know I didn't see nearly
all of it (that means I want to come back when the weather's warmer to
take a look at the diaries and scrapbooks you mentioned).
What a great time we had, and I truly believe it brought us Historians
closer. So many of us know each other only through our meetings,
and for the first time, we had time and nearness to get to know the others
as 'real people'.....not only at the museum, but in your kitchen where
everyone seemed to let their hair down. Joyce, you were a wonderful
hostess/guide, and I'll bet you never got so many questions and observations
as last Monday. How proud you must be of what you've accomplished!
For me, all the exploring was a lot of fun, and I gained new ideas on
how to display things that I haven't seen in the few local museums I've
visited.....and I came home ever so happy to have visited you. Many
thanks, my friend, for a terrific day!!!
Sylvia Sat. 10/28/06
1:11 pm
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Bradford County PA
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Chemung County NY
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Tioga County PA
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Published On Tri-Counties Site On 20 NOV 2006
By Joyce M. Tice
Email: Joyce M.
Tice
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