Hello Listers, "Serendiptiy/ n. The faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries by accident." There's nothing like going to the primary location for getting the information you want. My husband and I just returned from a sight seeing/genealogy trip to Massachusetts. I have several ancestors who settled in various places in and around Plymouth and elsewhere in Massachusetts. We stayed five days at Days Inn in Middleborough only about 20 miles west of Plymouth. (Prices are lots more reasonable and we were well satisfied with the accomodations.) After eating the motel breakfast every morning, on our last day we decided to have breakfast out at a local cafe. We sat at the counter. My husband struck up a conversation with a local man sitting next to him. After they discussed baseball and typical guy talk, I mentioned I'd like to see if I could get some information about my 6th great grandfather Deacon Ebenezer Tinkham who lived in Middleboro in the 1600s. "That's my mother's maiden name and I have material on the family for generations - way back to before they came from England" said our new friend. So you see, being in the town where your ancestor lived and died makes a tremendous difference. Our Tinkham friend gave us his card with his email address. I think I have discovered a gold mine of information and can't wait to see what he sends me about our common ancestor. If you can possibly get to Massachusetts and the locality where your ancestors lived, go out to breakfast at the counter of the local cafe instead of in the motel. You might meet some interesting people. Esther Snively in San Jose, California

Hello Esther and Listers, Ebenezer was my husband's 7th great grand uncle. I'm sure that you know this makes your husband a Mayflower descendant. Ebenezer's mother Mary Browne was daughter of Peter Browne of the Mayflower. Mary Bates ESnively@aol.com wrote: > Hello Listers, > "Serendiptiy/ n. The faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries > by accident." > There's nothing like going to the primary location for getting the > information you want. My husband and I just returned from a sight > seeing/genealogy trip to Massachusetts. I have several ancestors who settled > in various places in and around Plymouth and elsewhere in Massachusetts. We > stayed five days at Days Inn in Middleborough only about 20 miles west of > Plymouth. (Prices are lots more reasonable and we were well satisfied with > the accomodations.) After eating the motel breakfast every morning, on our > last day we decided to have breakfast out at a local cafe. > We sat at the counter. My husband struck up a conversation with a local > man sitting next to him. After they discussed baseball and typical guy talk, > I mentioned I'd like to see if I could get some information about my 6th > great grandfather Deacon Ebenezer Tinkham who lived in Middleboro in the > 1600s. > "That's my mother's maiden name and I have material on the family for > generations - way back to before they came from England" said our new friend. > So you see, being in the town where your ancestor lived and died makes a > tremendous difference. Our Tinkham friend gave us his card with his email > address. I think I have discovered a gold mine of information and can't wait > to see what he sends me about our common ancestor. > If you can possibly get to Massachusetts and the locality where your > ancestors lived, go out to breakfast at the counter of the local cafe > instead of in the motel. You might meet some interesting people. > Esther Snively in San Jose, California > > ==== MAPLYMOU Mailing List ==== > ====MAPLYMOU-L/D Mail List===== > +-+ Owners = List Members +-+ > =Administrator Frederick M. Dittmar= > ====== fred@dittmar.net ====== > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237