You are so right. I drove out west to OK/AR/CO to find out that several of my ancestors were born in Rowan County before they went West. Pat Ratcliff Conover, NC Researching RATCLIFF, GRABILL, BUTTON, HICKS, DEWITT, BUTTS, WHEAT, PUTNAM, KENNEDY, COREY, BURCHETT, TUTTLE, WELTY/BURGETT http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/a/t/Patricia-Louise-Ratcliff/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathryn Weiss" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 21:28 Subject: [RowanRoots] The Joy of Looking > I just had to tell you-all how much I enjoy this list, and the good > people who subscribe and participate. > > I live in a small town in the mountains on the West Coast, far from > North Carolina, and I talk with my neighbors about my hobby/obsession. > I've told a couple of them for years that "I bet" their family xx > surname is connected back to Old Rowan. This summer I found out that my > neighbor down the street, a throwback frontiersman if I ever saw one, > (surely one of the luckiest men alive since his cousin did all the > genealogy work and sent him beautiful, documented scrapbooks) is > definitely connected. > > It was a hoot to find that all those years and miles and migrations ago, > his grandfather and my uncle took the Oath of Allegiance the same day in > 1778. How can one miss the name Ayzel Cross? There are other > connections, but my point in sharing this is that you never know where > your search will lead; it might be just down the street. > > Happy Hunting, > Kathryn > > > ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== > RowanRoots is a genealogy/history discussion list. Please stay on topic. > >