Things are really falling into place!

Things are really falling into place for your Volney & Surrounding Area History Books! I hope some of you can still identify some of the unidentified people in photos on the Volney & Surrounding Area History site so Tammy Bromley and Nellie Way Dezinski so they can get them into the history books. We are working on 3 volumes in a set. If you want an idea of what they may look like, look at the Newaygo County Museums One Room School House books. Hesperia Library, I am told has copies of them. For the Volney Area books - they will start with when people started to come to the area in the 1860's and go up to 1985. These are history books & will be of the past. The last volume will include memorials of person's that have passed away that lived in the area. About 3 years ago, Nellie took the names of people that were buried in the Volney & surrounding area cemeteries, names of people who owned land from old plot books, and names of people on the old census'. These she put by surnames into alphabetical order. Then she put the first names in under the last names & put in the pictures that were turned in; this she will have to update as all of you have been continuing to give her or Tammy more pictures. She also made pages for the different area communities, etc. Thank you all so very much for your photos and write-ups. These will be great books to preserve the history of the families of the area so that we can use them in educating today's youth & future generations. Christian Michal Livingston (Christian & Michal) will sort them into the correct time period for the 3 volumes & add the write-ups to them. They will sort out & remove photos of poor quality, etc. They will use as many of your photos as space allows. Tammy & Nellie will (after the Volney Community history books) will work on some individual family line books & use more of the pictures that they have collected in those books where there will be more room. Also, Nellie is getting training to do individual family books that are in color with room to enlarge your photos & anyone that is interested she will help you make your own colored family albums or photos to frame, etc. I am enjoying working with your group on these books & hoping sometime to meet many of you in person.
Naomi

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