From Marian's Desk

I’d like to share a letter I received recently:

Dear Marian,
We are descendants of Jeremiah J. Crowley. We would like to start getting the Crowley Clan Newsletter. We love being Crowleys. May God be with you. Savannah Crowley age 10 and Wyatt Crowley age 6.

The letter was neatly written in Savannah’s own hand. As far as I know she is the youngest person to subscribe to our newsletter. Her father, Norm Crowley, explained to me that the family doesn’t have a computer, however Savannah learned about The Crowley Clan Newsletter on the computer in her classroom at school.

This is a wonderful example of the power of the Internet and its positive influence on the younger generation. And it helps to explain why beginning with this issue, the newsletter will be available in electronic form on the website www.crowleyclan.com.

Thanks to the time and expertise of our Webmaster, Jim Ritzert, this will be the first newsletter to be published in both the traditional paper and ink form and the Internet electronic form. Jim assures me that if all goes well, this newsletter should be on the website very soon. Consequently, we will be able to reach a much larger audience of Crowleys around the world.

There are still readers who either don’t have access to the web or who prefer to receive newsletters via the traditional form. And readers will have that option. I find this all very exciting. I have only one fear. Where will I get copy for future newsletters! Most of the research articles and the news items that are published come along with readers’ renewal checks. Now I’m going to have to ask all of you readers, whether you are reading paper or a computer screen, to be active contributors to this newsletter.

Any primary research is very valuable to those of us doing family history. But stories and news are valuable too. One of the most popular parts of the newsletter continues to be the Crowley News From Around The World.

I love getting your letters and your e-mails. And phone calls, like the one from Norm Crowley, are welcome also. Whatever method you use, please help fill this newsletter with interesting items.

Slan, Marian

The Crowley Clan Newsletter is
compiled by Marian Crowley Chamberlain