First off, I apologize for my earlier comments and did poorly to express them even though it should not have been done here. Secondly, I still thank every person who has helped me in my search for my wife's side of the family and as always more then willing to share what I have. If I had the ability to visit with an ancestor, on my wife's side of the family, it would be John Williams who was born about 1803 from what all records show in Belmont County, Ohio. On Jan 28, 1836 he married Elizabeth Stringer, daughter of John and Elizabeth (?) Stringer. Among the normal things I would love to know why when they moved the family to Marshall County, WV their daughter Elizabeth did not move along with them in 1860 and to find out what happened to her and where she ended up. I would really love to find out everything that text books never taught us, what was life really like then. I would like to find out who exactly his parents where and where they came from. If I may though, my ulitimate ancestor would be (for anyone researching the McDonald family) Jacob (John) McDonald who married Lydia Pangborn about 1770 after moving to New York from Scotland. I would love to find out if he only sailed from Glascow or if that was where he was really from. I think that it would be something to hear the stories of what it must have been like to sail across the ocean in a wooden boat when now we only have to drive as far as the closest airport to travel that far. I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving! Mike --- Jeff Boehm <[email protected]> wrote: > If our ancestors didn't want more, such as we do > now, we would not > have what we do now. That's why we invented the > things we did, > that's why we grabbed all the land that we could. > For better and > worse, that thinking has always been a part of our > fabric. Our > ancestors generally came here for a better life than > what they had. > > The freedom that we had\have also has a LOT to do > with our resilience > and ability to overcome, and has been a pervasive > part of our > personality as well. > > What we have lost is an general understanding of > what hard work means > in a physical sense. However, we still have the > "there's got to be a > better way to do it" mentality that is evidenced in > companies like > Apple and others. > > So, I don't know that the American mind-set is any > better or worse > than it was. It's just more "modern". > > Additionally, I am heartened to see our country jump > to the aid of > others in times of disaster. It's also fascinating > to see the people > of New Orleans seek an understanding of how to > rebuild a society from > the ground up. As usual, there are a few pioneers > who will blaze the > trail for the rest to follow. > > Yeah. . .for all of our problems. . .I'm still quite > proud of who we > are. > > Jeff > > > On Nov 20, 2005, at 12:24 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > I don't think our country is in such bad > condition. Exactly what do > > you > > consider bad in our country?? Can you imagine > living in some other > > country and > > being happy?? Hoping that this will not be the day > you are killed > > by a suicide > > bomber!! If our country is so bad, move to Iraq!! > > Brenda > > > > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > > List web page: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > > Genealogy Links - > http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - > http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so > much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com