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To: cripplecreek
Next time you get a chance to read "Drums Along the Mohawk" the ELCA minister of the Scandinavian and Dutch Lutheran community at the Old Yellow Church in/near/Canajoharie ~ is a direct ancestor of mine.

He left nothing behind written in English or German, just his Baptismal notes in what seems to be Swedish. He had a good dozen male children of age to serve, and they all did so ~ the white ones, the Indian ones ~ all on the American side ~ mostly as scouts ~ the toughest jobs.

Note, the writer wrote about real people in the Revolution on the New York frontier, but he didn't use a single real name, nor did he leave behind a cross reference list.

13 posted on 03/19/2013 7:34:29 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah

These you mention stories are priceless...


15 posted on 03/19/2013 7:39:41 PM PDT by ATriedSoul (These times.)
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