Maryann, According to the article quoted below, you may have been misinformed about the location of the "Newcomer House Civil War Museum." "Sharpsburg: Newcomer House Civil War Museum Just off Route 34, west of Sharpsburg Historic house now holds unique collection of items and artifacts with many important paper items displayed including a letter written by Stonewall Jackson from Sharpsburg. Other displays include uniforms, weapons and a Confederate battle flag. 8:30 am-6 pm daily. $3. 301-432-0300." http://www.civilwar-va.com/maryland/hagerstown.html And so, the museum is west of Sharpsburg, while Boonsboro is about 7 miles to the northeast of Sharpsburg. But, there seems to be another Newcomer House near Beaver Creek, about 4 miles north of Boonsboro. Read about it here: http://www.gcah.org/Heritage_Landmarks/UBCluster.htm . This house is associated with Bishop Christian Newcomer of the United Brethren church. One of my Rohrers was married to a newphew of Bishop Newcomer. Mike > > There is a "Newcomer House Civil War Museum" in Boonesboro. Does > anyone know which Newcomer family used to own that house? > My ancestors are Emanual Newcomer b. 1783 and Catherine Funk b. > 1789 from that area. > I thought it might be a nice place to visit this summer! > Thanks! > Maryann From Buffalo...... where it's snowing steadily! > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > All your favorites on one personal page – Try My Yahoo! > > > ==== MDWASHIN Mailing List ==== > The OFFICIAL website for this list is: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/washington/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx