Great addition, Chris. I enjoyed reading the ads. It had to be a hard time as a relative when one of your loved ones left and you never heard from them again. Hard to imagine in today's world of cell phones and Twitter. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

Being first a history addict turned genealogy addict, I observed parallels to "lost friends and family" post colonial times of America. After the revolutionary war, emigrants wanted to violate indian treates signed by the British and move westward. Fer example, emigrants who wanted to go from Virginia to Tennessee or Kentucky (neither yet states), brought their wagon trains together in a town in Virginia (now West Virginia). Before plunging down the Appalachian Trail, they left messages to friends and family on a BB in front of a store, telling their loved ones where they were headed so they could be later found. I can imagine this BB system was repeated in many towns which were debarkation points for wagon trains west. donkelly ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat Connors <nymets11@pacbell.net> To: ireland@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 17:40:16 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Missing Friends ads Great addition, Chris. I enjoyed reading the ads. It had to be a hard time as a relative when one of your loved ones left and you never heard from them again. Hard to imagine in today's world of cell phones and Twitter. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message