haven't heard of the gun show but when is it? hubby loves his guns..and if I get him to VA for a gun show I can camp out inthe library with all the ancestor files.. On Fri, 18 Aug 2000 23:10:28 -0500 "Larry M. Weatherly" <yankeigh@mn.mediaone.net> writes: >Evening, > >Just spent a half hour or so perusing a stack of unread email on this >list. >*grin* happens all the time in the summer. A few thoughts - and my >apologies to the originator - > >I will always be intrigued by migratory nature of my Weatherly >ancestry. >According to family legend the line was brought to the colonies by my >5th >great grandfather Abner (of Wales), a casualty of the Battle of >Guilford >Court House. From his day until my fathers generation - none in my >line >died in the state in which they were born. From NC, VA, TN IN IA MN >each >generation faced a new frontier. While my immediate line turned north >from >IA - other descendants of my 3g-grandfather went south from IA to MO >and on >to TX. Others bypassed MN for ND then west to OR and WA. > >Over time I have become even more fascinated with the similiar paths >followed by so many of our ancestors. If we stop to consider a moment >we >should not find that so unusual. Many of these families had sojourned >together in the past. That knowledge and association had to prove >important >when the time came to move on. I believe that a strong motivator for >the >movement from NC - VA to IN was the slave movement. My line moved on >to IA >when my 3g-grandfather died at age 52 in Owen County. Was this in >reaction >to the illness that claimed him - or that the eldest son had already >migrated to IA - providing home and shelter for Mother and younger >siblings? > >I am always thrilled when I see a surname that I grew up with in >southwestern Minnesota appear in North Carolina. I found a reference >to my >4g-grandfather in the ancestry of a family who appeared in MN who >became >friends with my father and uncle - completely unaware that there was a > >common ancestor a few generations back. I think that we no longer >appreciate the continuity of community that brought our ancestors onto >this >continent and fostered the exploration and settlement of it over the >past >300 hundred years. > >Someone mentioned Land Office records. Thanks for the reminder - I >had laid that aside a while back. The jog in memory triggered a >thought >that I had not entertained in the past. As a result I found a land >grant to >what almost certainly is my paternal grandmothers great grandfather. >At the >moment it is primarily conjecture - the given name is the middle name >of >her grandfather - - - And I know that her grandmother was visiting >relatives in the given county when her grandfather died. Thanks for >the >little clues - > >Oh yes - there were "computers" back in 1982. Actually there were >computers >long before that. While not revealing more than I care to - I will >tell you >that the first computer that I "programmed" - I did it by moving wires >from >one point to another. By the time we got to 1982 the IBM PC was either >on >the market - or a poorly kept secret. As some one else observed - they >will >crash - you will lose data - you will not have the backup you wish you >had >when the inevitable occurs. It was no easier to back up 200k of data >on a >400k total data capacity system than it is today to back up 40gig of >data. >There has never been an easy way to do so - - - in fact I could write >a new >"law." The more important the data is to you the more difficult it >will be >to back up - - - and the more likely it will be lost in a crash of >some sort. > >So -- just a point of curiosity. Has anyone on this list ever heard of >the >Hillsville, VA Gun Show - or attended it ?? I ask because my >father-in-law >is one of the individuals in Hillsville who becomes a minor slum >landlord >for the few days it is on. This small town of 5 - 6 thousand grows to >more >than 50 thousand while it happens. - - - and I am damned fool enough >to >have assured the in-laws that we would be there this year for the GS. >Maybe >it is because I am looking for company in my misery! > >Night all! > @W@ > > >==== INOWEN Mailing List ==== > > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.