From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Jun 10 13:39:38 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5AJdcjb018600; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 13:39:38 -0600 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 k5AJdZk2001395 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 13:39:35 -0600 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 k5AH3pFI021707 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 13:03:51 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k5AH3pE8021706 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 13:03:51 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k5AGAqFI021505 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 12:10:52 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k5AIkQsg019493 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 12:46:26 -0600 X-Envelope-From: johnberryman@charter.net Sat Jun 10 12:46:26 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5AIkQjb019480 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 12:46:26 -0600 Received: from mxsf32.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf32.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.156]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5AIkQcn023235 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 12:46:26 -0600 Received: from mxip28a.cluster1.charter.net (mxip28a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.187]) by mxsf32.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k5AIkLnu001816 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:46:21 -0400 Received: from 66-168-49-52.dhcp.mdsn.wi.charter.com (HELO [66.168.49.52]) ([66.168.49.52]) by mxip28a.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 10 Jun 2006 14:46:21 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.05,226,1146456000"; d="scan'208,217"; a="1242437189:sNHT32946494" Message-ID: <448B12F5.8060909@charter.net> Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 13:44:05 -0500 From: John Berryman User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com References: <000a01c68ca6$91d2f820$6501a8c0@MAIN> In-Reply-To: <000a01c68ca6$91d2f820$6501a8c0@MAIN> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Subject: [ROOTS-L] Happy News :) Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Like the rest of you, I've spent countless hours doing research into my family tree / history. Within the last week I hit the jackpot at least in my opinion. I've learned that some of my ancestors had some remarkable places in history. I only have time for a quick summery of a few things I've learned recently. At least one of my ancestors *fought in the Revolutionary War* and was a Corporal in the Pennsylvania Militia. He saw duty shortly after the Battle of Trenton, in February of 1777. His family has an extensive history of service to our country both before and after the Revolutionary war. One of my ancestors was one of *George Washington's Field Generals*. He served with Washington during the time that they were encamped at Valley Forge Pennsylvania. One of my ancestors was the *First Speaker of the U.S.House of Representatives* after the Constitutional government was organized in 1782. At least 4 of my ancestors *fought in the Civil War.* At least 2 of my ancestors were part of the *Underground Railroad* and they hid slaves in a root house. I've been fortunate to have been able to contact other family members who are also interested in our family tree. I feel like my hours of research have paid off in many ways. Keep digging, you never know what you might find, John in WI