In a message dated 10/25/2002 1:00:56 PM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > The reinactors there ,if they have their hats on ,are "on duty".this means > if you ask them a question,they will only answer it as if they are in the > 1800's. They sound as good as the bunch at Plimoth Plantation, where we stopped on vacation some eleven years ago. Their setting is 1627, and they'll even look blank if you refer to Charles I, who was beheaded only a couple of decades later. They are the best re-enactment I've ever seen in terms of staying in their setting and detecting anachronisms. About five years ago our daughter visited the same place while she was on vacation. A lady whose re-enactment name was "Goody Tracy" showed her the handwork she was doing and spent a good block of time with her. It wasn't until Sue got back home that she found out that the real Goody Tracy from 1627 was an ancestress of hers through my husband's line, and what was more, Goody Tracy's sister was married to the brother of one of my own ancestors. Lots of family there! Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr

Doris, See that! You never know. I lived in an apartment building when I first got married and had a neighbor that was a 4th cousin and never knew it until years later. The Plimoth Plantation is a wonderful experience. While in one of the house I saw plants hanging from the ceiling by the fireplace. When I asked what they were she was astonished. She said "Why they are my peas drying. Haven't you hung yours yet?" It really was like being in 1627. Some day I will go back. Dot ooo---This Email Scanned for Virus---ooo by ooo--- Norton Anti-Virus---ooo > > They sound as good as the bunch at Plimoth Plantation, where we stopped on > vacation some eleven years ago. Their setting is 1627, and they'll even look > blank if you refer to Charles I, who was beheaded only a couple of decades > later. They are the best re-enactment I've ever seen in terms of staying in > their setting and detecting anachronisms. > > About five years ago our daughter visited the same place while she was on > vacation. A lady whose re-enactment name was "Goody Tracy" showed her the > handwork she was doing and spent a good block of time with her. It wasn't > until Sue got back home that she found out that the real Goody Tracy from > 1627 was an ancestress of hers through my husband's line, and what was more, > Goody Tracy's sister was married to the brother of one of my own ancestors. > Lots of family there! > > Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) > "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- > Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr > > > ============================== > 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 >