Cicely, Which house are you referring? I have tried to find out if the house in Fauquier Co. VA is still there. I believe it was called Greystone. It would be nice to know if the house is still lived in today. Thanks. Deanna > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <vcwbjm@earthlink.net> > To: <WINN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 2:44 PM > Subject: Re: [WINN] Portrait of Richard Winn > > > > I just got a photo of the original house built by Minor Winn I in > Virginia. It has an addition built by Minor Winn II. I'd love to see a > portrait of Richard. Are there any of his other soldier brothers, John, > William and Minor III? > > > > Cicely Wynne > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: The Thill Group Inc <ttg-inc@comcast.net> > > Sent: Oct 29, 2003 2:19 PM > > To: WINN-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [WINN] Portrait of Richard Winn > > > > Good point, before I left for the Great Race this summer I kept having > > dreams we would have a house fire while I was gone. We went out and bought > a > > fireproof safe largest they had at Home depot [200.00] and put all my > > genealogy "can't replace" items in there.... then we got a exterior hard > > drive that you just plug in and copied my whole C drive on my computer so > > not to loose anything and put it in the safe too. But my larger items I > > couldn't put in the safe [like my seventh ggfather's 1710 rifle, all my > > books] so it went in the trunk of my car that was left in the driveway in > my > > backyard that is security fenced [so if house burned maybe car wouldn't?] > > ..... I would hope that everyone would have a fire proof safe to put > things > > in like we did [passports birth certificates etc.]. > > Cuz B > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gaila & James Merrington" <gaila@merrington.net> > > To: <WINN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 2:15 PM > > Subject: Re: [WINN] Portrait of Richard Winn > > > > > > > Rootsweb also has Archives and you can save a jpeg of Tombstones so > easily > > > in the archives, I did several last night for Georgia Genweb, I have a > > photo > > > of Richard Winn's house, but never saw the portrait of the photo Randy > > > shared with us. The more places we save the information, the more > likely > > > the information is too survive. When I see how those houses are burning > > > down in California at the moment, you just hope they scanned in their > > family > > > photos and sent CDs to family and friends. Randy- thanks again for > > sharing. > > > Gaila > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >