Good Afternoon Kathy:
I am very grateful for your prompt reply. Indeed, 10 years has gone by so
quickly. As a young girl, Dad warned me of the perils of postponing
important pursuits; of course, youth prevented my full understanding of the
importance of this basic tidbit of wisdom.
I have not searched the VA-Southside archives. Thank you ! This is a
new valuable resource for me.
Anything that you are willing to share is treasured. I am certainly
interested in any recipe he shared- I am a champion baker and cook (as a
sideline to my veterinary career). His grandmother and mother were
amazing pie bakers and my daughter and I inherited the pie-baking genes.
Of course, Dad was a wealth of information - much of his knowledge was
directly or indirectly related to the paths he crossed in search of our own
family history. In an indirect way- through you and others that shared
knowledge with him- I may be able to "pick his brain" even today via
connections he made long ago with his treasured co-researchers. Priceless.
I enjoyed our spirited philosophical disagreements as much as our
accordance.
My siblings, children, nieces, and nephews do not (yet) have the
history/genealogy bug- but one day, their children may be curious.
The history/genealogy internet sites are a useful tool but can also lead
one to become a useful fool...LOL. That probably sounds like Dad, right. I
am my father's daughter.
 Due to his tutelage, I cannot always consider the information garnered
therein as a primary resource. Prior to his death, he asked me to finish
his latest book. I floundered while walking in the footsteps of the giant
though.  HIs last book was about responsible web searches for history and
genealogy. I trust others have adequately taken that up.
Blessings to you and yours and thank you again!
Cheryl

On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 3:51 PM Westview <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello Cheryl!
>
> It's hard to believe your dad has been gone ten years!   He was quite a
> character -- as you say, hardcore about primary resources, but always
> generous with his knowledge.  I treasure my copy of "What did they mean by
> that?" that he autographed to me years ago.  I know that I gave him
> something that he said he was going to use in his next book but for the
> life of me I can't remember what it was.  I can't find it in an e-mail, so
> it may have been something we discussed on the phone.  We only spoke a few
> times but I certainly enjoyed our conversations.
>
> Have you searched the archives at the VA-Southside list?  He was very
> active there, as well.
>
> Most of what I've saved from him are list posts but I do have a couple of
> things that we exchanged off list, including a recipe he sent me by mistake
> :-)  Do you want me to send them to you at your e-mail?
>
> Kathy Liston
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Cheryl Jane (Drake) Bater <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family
> history. <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: 5/6/2021 12:44:13 PM
> Subject: [VA-ROOTS] Paul Dean Drake -my father
>
> ________________________________________________________________________________
>
> Good afternoon:
> I kindly ask for correspondence from any who had discussions (lively, I am
> sure!) with my father Paul Dean Drake prior to his passing.
> I am his youngest daughter and spent many hours in musty courthouses and
> soggy cemeteries with my dad .
> I would like to expand his legacy with an informal biography of him for my
> family. I humbly request copies or links to any correspondence regarding
> any topic he may have had with his extended family on VA-Roots.
> He instilled in me the value of primary resources- (though we had many
> discussions about the definition)-and I would like to see and humbly
> attempt documentation of his life from the perspective of his
> historian/genealogy peers.
> I have been able to access much through the archives- but would like to
> expand the depth.
> To those that extended their condolences to us upon his passing- please
> know that I am touched even now- 10 yrs after his death.
> I am in possession of all of his notes... a lifetime of research...mind
> boggling to say the least...Much of it handwritten in his crappy/illegible
> handwriting ;) before computer assistance.
> With heartfelt appreciation - Cheryl
>
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