Ms. Le Gear, What a beautiful story! I believe every word of it!! Please, let us know the out come of the receiving of the gift, as, I think a lot of people would love to hear it, also! Thank you. Shannah ----- Original Message ----- From: Christopher Le Gear <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 3:39 PM Subject: [IP] SPOOKY OR WHAT!! > Dear List > > Here's a spooky tale that I thought I might share with you. It's 100% gospel > true!! > > For some years I have been researching the Le Gear family line (and many of > you have helped) but it's only been in the last few months that I have > established the link to Europe with our IP ancestor Johan Adam. It > transpires that he was the second son of one Hans LEGER of Canstatt, near > Stuttgart. In leaps and bounds I have also managed to trace back Hans > lineage to one Andreas Legger/Leger of that same place but born in 1495. At > present, I can't see how I can get back further without going to Canstatt > and shecking to see if there are other historical records. However, I > digress. Andreas LEGGER, at this time, is the "lynchpin" (if that's the > right word) of my research. > > I have been invited to a wedding of the daughter of one of my first cousins > in the United States (I live near Bath, in England) and for some while have > been pondering on what to take as a wedding present. With globalisation > there wouldn't appear to be anything I could get here that would not also be > available there. Then my wife Jenny suggested we consider some antique > English Lace or Linen. Agreeing that this was a good idea I went off to > Bath yesterday to purchase something. The Antique shop I went to > specialised in English Linen but most of the stuff I looked at was really > outside of my price range. A very nice old lady (about 140 I think!!) was > serving me and it turned out to be her shop. I told her what I was looking > for and explained that I was off to the colonies in a few days for a > wedding. > I also told her my budget and asked if she had anything suitable. > > She took down a really nice Old Linen Tablecloth and asked me if it was what > I was looking for. It was, but I pointed out that it was twice my budget. > She replied that although it was priced quite high it had, in fact, not cost > her anything and was prepared to sell it to me for what I offered because > she liked the idea of it going halfway across the world as a gift. I > agreed. > > Whilst she was folding it up my thoughts turned to the trip I was about to > make and the ease and speed at which I was about to do it compared to out IP > ancestors 160 years ago and even further back, of old Andreas LEGGER born > only 13 years after Columbas' discovery of America. (I'm whimsical, OK!) > > As she was about to pack it in tissue the old lady turned to me and > mentioned that there was an very old laundry mark in indelible ink on the > corner of the cloth and asked if it was a problem. I said that I was sure > it wasn't but had a look at it anyway. > > The style of the writing was very old but nonetheless distinct - it said, > quite clearly - "A.LEGGER". > > Spooky!! > > It's now packed in my suitcase and I'm off to California in a couple of > days. In case you were wondering I never told the lady my name. > > Chris Le Gear > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > ==== IRL-PALATINE Mailing List ==== > Great minds talk about ideas. Average minds talk about > events. Small minds talk about people. > >