March 18, 2006
Hello Cousins and Descendants of Charles Henry Wheelright Foster:
We thought we'd send you an update on our fundraising progress for the Hilda Foster Film Project. (Click here to see the original eMail we sent out in January.)
There is good news!! With $3,306 collected so far, we've reached two-thirds of our overall fundraising goal of $5,000, thanks to the generous donations from many of you. When we fold in the matching dollars from the Massachusetts Historical Society, we are targeting $10,000 for the overall cost of the project.
Even more exciting, three more reels of old film have surfaced. We will be evaluating them for inclusion in the project!
Also, Derry Allen is working to start a related project. He has two family genealogies going back 3+ centuries, compiled by Caroline Foster Sizer and Frederick Devereux, Jr. (Click here and here to see excerpted pages.) We are looking at how we might computerize this information so that it can be easily shared and accessed. Derry would be delighted to talk with anyone who (a) has experience with genealogy software, (b) has additional genealogical information that ought to be included in this project, and/or (c) has helpful suggestions. You can contact him at derryallen@aol.com.
Contributions are continuing to trickle in for the film project. If you can help us get over the fundraising finish line, please send your check to:
Hilda Foster Film Project
c/o Reginald C. Foster
168 Allens Point Road
Marion, MA 02738
And again, if you haven't had a chance to see our pilot web site, be sure to click on www.chwfoster.com
Best regards from your cousins,
Derry Allen
Adam Foster
Reg Foster
Nancy Morris
Roger Warner