From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Jan 1 09:29:52 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k01GTqg3032622; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 09:29:52 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k01GTo5T001186 for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 09:29:50 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k01E3UFI029707 for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 09:03:30 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k01E3U4U029706 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 09:03:30 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.18.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0120eFI013662 for ; Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:00:40 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k014QfkG025893 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:26:41 -0700 X-Envelope-From: gjlexa@nightowl.net Sat Dec 31 21:26:41 2005 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k014Qfg3025832 for ; Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:26:41 -0700 Received: from mail.nightowl.net (mail.nightowl.net [209.176.170.18]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k014Qcbh014374 for ; Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:26:38 -0700 Received: from lexa1 (209.176.170.178-du-ppp.nightowl.net [209.176.170.178]) by mail.nightowl.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) with SMTP id k013nnb04064 for ; Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:49:51 -0600 Message-ID: <006201c60e8b$88ab5290$b2aab0d1@lexa1> From: "Gene and Jeanie Lexa" To: Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 22:26:21 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.16.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.16.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] When did I start Genealogy? About 12 years ago I started wondering about my husband's grandfather's birthplace and his parents. From there I thought about how little I knew about my own grandparents' background. A friend of mine ran across a Gen. computer program that was reasonably priced so we each bought one and away I tried to go. Knowing nothing about this type of research, AND nothing about the people I needed info for, it was a series of brick walls for a long time. All the people in both families were passed on. Sources were few and far between. With the help of many kind souls I have managed to get the when, 1885 and 1887, also on which ships one set of grandparents came to the USA. But no luck in locating their points of origin. They did not come together. The other set of grandparents I've traced back to 1700's and their birth place was Ireland. Have DOB but not specific location of such. Other family lines go back to 1600's. I work on this research very sporatically since I can sit at the computer for a very short time. But I am now 71 and still looking, whenever I can. Family names are Lexa, Lexow, Levy, Cotner, Gortner, Shelton, Buchanan, Eagan, Eagen. That's my story. Jeanie, Barnhart, MO