Did Lincoln not want to attend the theater that night?

[Dr. Todd Descendant]

(01-27-2013 02:45 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(01-27-2013 02:37 PM)Dr. Todd Descendant Wrote:  I think the history lovers here might appreciate my exceitement this morning because I was contacted by an antiquarian book seller who has an 1850 1st edition medical (text?)book that Dr. Todd signed on the first page along with his hometown of Fayetteville, NY. I'm expecting to receive it in a few days. How great is that?!!!!

WONDERFUL!

Thanks RJ. I agree. I know this is a little off-topic, but in my case not so much. I know everyone isn't into genealogy, and have to confess that when my father was trying to urge me to look for info, mostly because he had been told that Dr. Todd was related to Mary Todd Lincoln - NOT - I did my fair share of mental eye rolling at the thought of looking up a bunch of dead people. I figured most of my family had just been here for a couple generations, and the list would be full of ancestors who worked at Sears, etc. (nothing wrong with that mind you - good honest work).

I would not only encourage those who read this forum to research their family history, but post it online. I have the advantage of being a web master and site designer so it was easier for me to do so. BUT, that's how many of my distant cousins found me and contacted me. In fact, that's how the book found me.