Cynthia, Sarah, & list members, New book examines 1704 Deerfield raid The Repbulican, 11/03/2003 "Captors and Captives: The 1704 French and Indian Raid of Deerfield," An article, appeared in the Nov 3, edition of The Repbulican, can be found at this link. http://www.masslive.com/search/index.ssf\?/base/news-6/1067852907182960.xml\?nnse the author, a staff writer for The Republican, Betsy Calvert, [email protected] had another article this past month sometime, in the article she writes that there is to be several events scheduled throughout 2004, the 300th anniversary of the raid. Historic Deerfield, and it's neighbor historic organization, Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, are inviting the descendants of the Deefield settlers from all over the world to unite in person or online. A final schedule is not out yet, plans are for three weekend-long reunions next summer. For information or to join the descendants group contact Michael Abbate at [email protected] or call (413) 775-7176. For information about the Commemoration Weekend in February, contact the PVMA at (413) 774-7476 or at http://www.old-deerfield.org/index.shtml there isn't much about the 2004 date- but, there is info from last year's at- http://www.old-deerfield.org/events.htm If anyone hears of plans for the summer reunions please share with the list! Wouldn't it be great to meet in person? Thanks for all the neat links... Sue ---- Msg sent via CWNet - http://www.cwnet.com/