Hi, Upper Shore Genealogy Society meeting-bring a friend: Sept 21, 2008, 2pm, Dept of Aging, Kramer Bldg., 104 Powell St., Centreville, MD "Unearthed Cast-Iron Casket Is William T. White" In the Spring of 2005 in Wash. DC, a construction crew was digging to install a new gas line. The location was in the Columbia Heights area near George Washington University. THey unearthed a cast-iron casket dating to the late 19th century. THe 150-year old casket with the body intact was turned over to the Smithsonian Institute to learn the boy's identity and trace his genealogy. Finally in Sept. 2007, his identity was made from DNA samples. He was William T> White, about 15 years old, from Accomac Co., on Virginia's Eastern Shore. Debra Hull-Walski and Randall Scott led a group of experts from the "National Museum of Natural History" to learn everything possible about this 15 year old boy, his life and ancestry. They constructed a 788-person family tree - many from the MD counties of Caroline, Queen Anne, and Talbot as well as Virginia's Wastern Shore. The diagram stretched the length of a wall. His roots in America go back to 1600 to Anthony West, who was one of the settlers of Jamestown. VA. Could this be your ancestry? WHat did WIlliam look like? Why was he buried there? For the rest of the story, be sure to attend! Presenting the program will be Debra Hull-Walski and Dave Hunt from the Smithsonian. They will do a slide presentation with the full details of the projest fromt he beginning to now. ************** It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)