Hi All, Nancy, I echo Lou Ann's comments. Great to hear from you! You can tell its summertime. Things have been pretty low key on the list. I've personally been quite busy of late. And what spare time I've had has gone to being outside. Those of you who live in the northern climes will understand why! I think it would be a great idea for us to honor here our ancestors who fought and and otherwise sacrificed during the Revolutionary War so that there even is an Independence Day. Especially our Boones, but all of the ancestors we are lucky enough to know about who participated in our run to freedom. So, I'm proposing a a roll call on that specific topic. And I suggest we use Roll Call as our subject line. Our list is indexed and archived at RootsWeb. That means every post made to the list for the past couple of years can be searched by keywords. You can search any RootsWeb mailing list from this link: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl. Using Roll Call as the subject really helps making key information easier to find. I don't think we should even constrain ourselves to what is "proven." I'm suggesting simply it be a memorial. Oral tradition is good. Most of the cites in Spraker are to the Draper Manuscripts, after all! So tell us your stories, but do let us know when it slips from "proven" to "stories." I'll follow this post with my first post on the subject, and I think you'll get my drift. As Lou Ann said, have a safe and enjoyable 4th. Larry -- Larry DeFrance, Helena Montana USA Caretaker: The DeFrance Family Home Page - http://www.helenet.com/~larry/fam_home.html The DeFrance Mailing List - [email protected], The Susquehanna River Mailing List - [email protected] Co-Caretaker: The Boone Mailing list - [email protected]