[PRCo] Re: White House

[John Swindler]

Most people probably don't know where they come from, such as my father's family.  My uncle, 'the doctor' (and therefore an expert), said that we were descendents of Hessein soldiers.  I then inquired about the 1729 estate settlement in Freehold NJ, 1760s land deeds in Loudon Co., Va., and the pension applications for Revolutionary war era vets who served in Captain Swindler's Ranger Co. from Ft. Gerrard in Washington County.
 
It's just like electric railway history.  A lot of it is made up as a short cut.
 
And besides, Fred, where do you think the Irish Presbyterians came from?
 
In the end, it doesn't much matter where people come from, there is so much intermingling anyway, but its fun to research as long as not taken seriously.
 
Cheers
John
 
> From: fwschneider at comcast.net> Subject: [PRCo] Re: White House> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:17:58 -0500> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > Thanks Dennis.> > I would hope that some of you have also been watching that fabulous > PBS series on the British monarchy. Equally impressive because we > came from there ... among many other places ... well, at least the > language we abuse came from England ... or we like to think we came > from there. After my 15 visits to the U. K., it fits me just like > an old shoe does. But I have no British ancestry unless you count > the 25 percent from northern Ireland. Actually only three of our > states are dominantly English in ancestry!> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maps_of_American_ancestries> > The next two charts are amazing. Through 1940, 84 percent of us > came from Europe.> > http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0201398.html> > That ended with the 2000 census. The war brides from Germany died > off. European girls decided they had it pretty damn good where they > were and chose to stay home. By 2000 European immigrants had dropped > completely off the top ten list. There were roughly 12 million > people whose language was south American Spanish in the 2000 > census. I wonder when we will have our first Spanish-speaking > president? Oooops. I forgot. George W. Bush does speak Spanish.> > http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0900547.html> > Fred> > > > > > On Nov 20, 2008, at 8:07 AM, Dennis F. Cramer wrote:> > > This is not traction related, but I know many of you enjoy history.> >> > http://whitehouse.c-span.org/default.asp> >> > No matter what your political views, you should mark your calendars > > for this impressive program put together by C-SPAN on the White House.> >> > I have visited there 3 times, once with my students, and have > > always come away awestruck over the history contained therein.> > Dennis F. Cramer> > Trombone> >> >> >> > 
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