In a message dated 1/2/09 12:01:50 AM, holt-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Hi, > After seeing the posting of William Harrison Holt, I'm wondering if he is > related to another of the same name who built my house in 1884.  You can see > his son Pliny's biography on my website > http://www.holthouse.org/Holtfamily.html > and more on the genealogy pages.  I've been looking for a family portrait > for some time.  Hope there's a connection! > Mary Gillespie > Mary, I wish I could say that there was a connection but I don't feel there is. I have a great picture of my father on a Holt caterpillar in Kansas in 1919. I am very proud of it but no relation. But we never know what that next letter might reveal. In writing my book "Brothers of War" I yelled in the dark many times but then I would get an answer that would open a whole new world for me. So I appreciate you asking. Lew Holt Salem, Oregon Brothers of War Lewholt.com ************** New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)