Thanks for sharing Barbara. I am not a Shaker descendant but was interested enough to visit that place in 2002 on a research trip to Kentucky. We stayed in one of the houses that had the rooms upstairs and during the day there was a wood worker doing his thing on the bottom floor. Good thing we are early risers as he showed up for work at 8:00 am sharp and started banging away. I use a cane when walking out and about and it is a very special one my sister gave me. (I have MS) He took it and made a replica of it. Very nice man. We stayed for a week and used it as a local residence while researching the area. What I really liked was to look out our windows and see the horses (BIG horses) in the pasture next to our house.. We were there for the sheep shearing which was interesting. The food was fantastic and we ate there every night we were there. We had the same table every night at 7:00 pm. It was an experience I wont forget even though I thought their beliefs were a bit creepy. To each his own!!!! Take care, Fern in Colorado I am researching the families of BUFORD - McCLUNG - McDOWELL - CRAIG - ROBERTSON - DUKE to name a few. ----- Original Message ----- From: <bobbeo60@yahoo.com> To: <KYMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 1:38 PM Subject: [KYMERCER] Re: Shaker Records & Mercer Co. Research > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: MONTFORT, BANTA, RIKER, DEMAREST, TERHUNE, etc > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gBB.2ACI/3401.1.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > I agree, it is a wonderful place, so peaceful and good for the soul. I > have taken the carriage ride and eaten at the Trustees House and stayed in > the East House twice...where my third great grandfather lived his last 25 > years as a Shaker. He joined in March of 1806 with wife, three > children...of whom the last is my lineage...all three children left in > their early 20's. The food at the Trustees House is wonderful and I in > particular something they call salsify. I had no idea it was a root they > cooked up....it is terrific and I am a picky eater of the first order. > > I spent 4 days in Harrodsburg the end of last Sept at the Gathering of > Dutch Cousins reunion and one full day in the Harrodsburg Historical > Society. A great place for mid Kentucky researching. We also had a > church service in Old Mud the last day of the reunion, which was a special > treat. My cousin and I did talks on the Shakers and our connection to > the society. From there, Diana and I went to Shakertown and spent the > night at the East House, walked in the footsteps of Francis Montfort, our > ancestor and wondered at the ability to shed the "world" as he and his > wife, mother, mother and father in law did, as well as several uncles, > aunts, and cousins. I think my last count there were 50 members of the > Banta, Montfort, Verbryck, Voris, Bruners who are related and 6 who are my > direct lines. > > Someone said it is my lot in life to educate on the Shakers.....I say it > is not so much my lot, but pleasure to help others learn of this > interesting sect. > > Thank you for the kind words and adding to other things to be seen at > Shakertown. I am hoping to get down again, stay once more in Grandpa > Francis home and learn more about his life. The funeral reenactment is > said by Ms Curry, the director, to be the most well researched of their > reenactments done at Shakertown. I have to agree, as I attended one last > year and to follow the wagon with the casket to the cemetery was like > attending the funeral of Grandpa Francis, the one who fascinates me the > most. > > And if anyone goes there, do NOT miss the program of music in the Meeting > House, if that doesn't stir the soul and send chills down you back, > nothing will. > > Barbara > > > ==== KYMERCER Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message (subject line BLANK) with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. Send to the SAME address you used > for subscribing ( KYMERCER-L-Request@rootsweb.com OR > KYMERCER-D-Request@rootsweb.com as appropriate) Don't forget to include > Request, or you'll be posting to the entire list. > >