Hi all! I have just returned from a wonderful 50th event in Shepherdstown, WV While there we discovered a long rifle in the Entler Hotel Museum engraved with the name "William A. Chapline" - wife Ann's great to the 5th Grandfather. One always seems to find important things when one is not really seeking!! I will write to my DNA experience tomorrow! Dick Matteson College Park, MD On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 21:27:20 -0700 Carolyn McDaniel <cmacdee@centurytel.net> writes: > Dear Tom, Jim, Barb and Cousins, > No mea culpas or apologies are necessary from either of you. > Very > interesting information, Tom, and Jim, there's no topic that can't > be > discussed here, so while your comment came from left field, it > doesn't > really matter, and you certainly don't need to apologize. We are a > > community, trying to reconnect with one another and revitalize our > American > heritage. Although our primary approach to that is through > genealogy and > history, there's plenty of other ways all around us that bears > commentary > as well. I believe our nation and culture is very much in a state > of > crisis, although we have made a great recovery from the September 11 > > attacks. Reconnection, community, unity, kinship, heritage, > sharing, > feeling, caring and respect for the other guy are all vital parts of > the > ongoing recovery, and the foremost purpose of American Crossroads. > Jim, I will write you privately about a couple of > personal insights on > POTL, though, also IMHO. > Barb, I have had a physically tiring day and will try and > catch up > tomorrow. You summed up the DNA issues in a very good way. I'm > still > trying to get some things off to you, also. > Thanks too, Tom for your kind comments and compliments, but > with such > lavish praise, it's hard to stay humble! > > Love, Your Cousin, Carolyn > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >