Stirpes, Volume 1, Number 4, December 1961 Page: 138
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1EDITOR' S PAGE
It has been a pleasure and a privilege to.be the first
editor of Stirpes; it has been a rewarding year in the contaots
with others interested in genealogy and in the information
gained from struggling with a new type of work, that
of editing and printing a magazine.
Sometimes I idly speculate as to whether the readers and
subscribers realize the great amount of labor that goes into
the preparation of each issue of a magazine, one that they
finish reading in such a short time. How many hours would be
your guess Oertainly I do not know the answer, but try a
little mental arithmetic. Guess at the time each contributor
put in, and add them up. If this contributor spent a day's
time, money for gasoline and probably a pair of ruined hose,
to copy a cemetery record, and more time transcribing the
record, then that one person has put in quite a number of
hours. Also there are the two ladies who spent two years indexLng
the Confederate Veterans Magazine and then gave Stirpee
the privilege of publishing it. Another has sat before a microfila
reader for untold hours, reading much irrelevant material
to find and copy the brief bite of vital statistics buried
among the rest of the reading matter. Another has written lettore,
done much research, written and re-written the manuscript,
all for the benefit of you, the reader. After all this time
and energy has been spent, only then does the editor begin his
work, and that job runs to about 200 hours per issue. Still
the hours of labor are not ended for a number of people contribute
time to the mailing preparations, and the Indexer puts in
long hours utking boards on the published material. What answer
did you get to this little sun in addition?
Of all those who have a hand in bringing Stirpeg to your
mailbox, the most important people are the contributors. Without
them and their generosity in sharing their material with you,
there could be no magazine. It is my sincere hope that many persons
will copy records, write original articles, locate inportant
sources of genealogical information, and send them in for
use in Stirpos in the coming year-and all the years hereafter.
The 1962 editor, hoever may be selected for the post, will be
depending on your help. Support him or her in the wonderful
way you have helped me in this first year.
In this, my last issue as editor, I want to express my
deepest appreciation to all who have helped in every way to
launch StirpeS, to keep it going, and to give it publicity,
thus gaining many new members for the Texas State Genealogical
Society. Without their dues, the magazine could not. have been
financed and published a all. With more members and more money,
Stirpes will grow in size and quality.
Hy I also say that X hope you had a Joyous Christmas and
that 1962 will be a wonderful year for you?
Your editor,
^^J~hSTIFRPE
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