From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Jun 10 19:42:24 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 k5B1gOjb021445; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:42:24 -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 k5B1gNWT007568 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:42:23 -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 k5AN6bFI022731 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:06:37 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k5AN6beQ022730 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:06:37 -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 k5AMneFI022619 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 18:49:40 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k5B1PG7d016777 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:25:16 -0600 X-Envelope-From: MaeMay510@aol.com Sat Jun 10 19:25:16 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 k5B1PGjb016766 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:25:16 -0600 Received: from imo-m14.mx.aol.com (imo-m14.mx.aol.com [64.12.138.204]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5B1PE6I032669 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:25:15 -0600 Received: from MaeMay510@aol.com by imo-m14.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.5.) id e.49a.277d7dc (30739) for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 21:25:06 -0400 (EDT) From: MaeMay510@aol.com Message-ID: <49a.277d7dc.31bccaf2@aol.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 21:25:06 EDT To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5319 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Historical figures In a message dated 6/10/2006 4:27:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com writes: 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. That's what genealogy is all about. Not names, dates, and places, but their place in history. How they were affected by international, national, state, regional, local events and how they affected those same events. Plus, their own joys and sorrows, successes and failures, needs and wants. It's called Fleshing the Bones of our dead ancestors, making them come alive to us and anyone we can tell about them. You have the wonderful opportunity of learning about history now, what happened when, where, why and to your relatives, the who. History at one time noted only the famous or infamous. Now we genealogists are able to place our own family members in the same famous events. Some years ago I mentioned that I'd read my (hoped for) ROPER was one of those at the Battle of Hastings. A British genealogist informed me he was NOT on list of Generals serving under William of Normandy. Gee whiz, I asked him, did the generals fight the battle all by themselves or did they have an army behind them? Could my Roper have been a sailor who helped those famous generals get across the water? Or perhaps even an admiral or maybe, just maybe, the poor kid who got hooked into slopping the jars. However he got there, he got there. Just as a later one (Maynard) was hanged from Old Baily for uttering a royal check in the early 1800's. A Jacobian (Hasty) was deported as a traitor. Another (Maynard) was cast out by Oliver Cromwell and emigrated to the new world. An Abraham was killed by natives while guiding Quakers over the mountains. A Williams was shot through the breast while defending Atlanta. A Moore was captured but escaped while being sent to Andersonville. Our ancestors bled, suffered, and some died for these events and on those battlefields. They deserve more than just a headcount figure in the history books. That is why I work so hard to get all my relatives' military records and even Black Sheep records to place in the family tree. Their experiences colored their lives. And eventually, mine. Welcome to the grand experience of finding yourself. Shirley Maynard Hampton, VA