From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Jan 2 12:50:41 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 k02Jofg3012777; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 12:50:41 -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 k02JofLO025996 for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 12:50:41 -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 k02HONFI002384 for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 12:24:23 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k02HONhl002383 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 12:24:23 -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 k02GpKFI002285 for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 11:51:20 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k02JHR8k028299 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 12:17:27 -0700 X-Envelope-From: GenBrd@aol.com Mon Jan 2 12:17:27 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 k02JHRg3028288 for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 12:17:27 -0700 Received: from imo-d04.mx.aol.com (imo-d04.mx.aol.com [205.188.157.36]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k02JHQAN010833 for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 12:17:26 -0700 Received: from GenBrd@aol.com by imo-d04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r6.3.) id e.26e.37e9b09 (58677) for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 14:17:21 -0500 (EST) From: GenBrd@aol.com Message-ID: <26e.37e9b09.30ead641@aol.com> Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 14:17:21 EST To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5021 X-Spam-Flag: NO 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] How/when did I get into genealogy I think I have a rather unique start to my genealogy passion. Although I have always been fascinated by history, I never thought about how my family fit into it. However in 1987 I bought a house in Maple Grove, MN. Shortly thereafter my mother's aunt died and I by chance I saw her death certificate when it was mailed to my mother. On it I noted that her father was listed as having been born on Cedar Island Lake in Maple Grove. That lake was less than 1/2 mile from my home. I asked my mother's uncle where on Cedar Island Lake his father was born, and he told me on the south shore, and I took him to the lake so he could show me the location of the house, and where his grandfather's land was. To my surprise he was pointing in the direction of my home. I got out my abstract and discovered that my house was built on land that had belonged to my great great grandfather. Suddenly I wanted to know more about this family and how we came to be where we were, and I was hooked. I have now traced that family line back to Germany, and other family lines back to colonial New England, including John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. I also discovered that Parker's Lake in Plymouth, MN (where I currently live) was founded by another great great grandfather, and his siblings, who were the first settlers to Plymouth, MN in 1854. That same family goes back to Massachusetts in 1634. So I am having a great time learning about my ancestors and the cities where my family has lived for generations. Jo Hogle