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December 28, 2005

Greetings to all Engelking visitors

I was fortunate today to receive a surprise post in the comments section from a fellow named Doug who lives in Illinois who also carries the Engelking name. Since there arent't too many of us Engelking's around, it's nice when we can run into one another now and then.

Back about 10 years ago, I did a search on the Internet to see how many Engelking's that I could find with e-mail addresses. I came across about 4 or 5 names and decided to send a big "hey, nice to see other Engelking's" kind of e-mail. I received one response from the people that I messaged, and even that person only e-mailed back something like twice.

I've often wondered if I have extended family here in the US besides my immediate family. I'm sure that the Engelking name isn't just by chance, after all ... I'm sure there are similar roots in the Engelking family tree at one point or another. I know that it's probably unlikely that there is anyone that holds anything closer than a 4th generation cousin or something, but the thought of knowing other Engelking families is just a cool idea.

Maybe I need to start a yearly get together called Engelking-dom. :)

~out...

Posted by ed at 12:02 AM | Comments (2)