QUOTE(Zziggywolf5 @ Dec 29 2007, 11:47 AM)
Switzerland (still have contact with the ancestors of those who stayed)
I think you mean descendants. If you are in contact with your ancestors, then you might want to talk to your psychiatrist...
Very interesting, Res! Unfortunately, family stories are often yarns, as I've found. My grandfather claimed that his grandfather was Native American, but I seriously doubt it. All signs point to him as primarily English.
My six-great-grandfather, William Coltrin, has an interesting story. William was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1765. He served in the 4th Connecticut Regiment during the American Revolution. He also served later in the War of 1812. Around 1819, he and his family set off to Indiana on a flatboat. They started too late, because they were stuck all winter in the Ohio River. The next spring, they finally made it to Terre Haute. He staked a claim in Lost Creek Township, west of town. They farmed the land and built their house there. He died only a year later, in 1820.
Here's where it gets interesting. I found the location of the Coltrin family cemetery on the Internet. Last weekend, my sister, her friend, and my best friend set out to find the cemetery. Although our coordinates were incorrect, I finally managed to find the cemetery. Most of the headstones' inscriptions were worn away, but I could still make out most names and dates. William's headstone (which was replaced by the Daughters of the American Revolution) was buried under leaves. I'll have to come back to the cemetery in the spring after the leaves decompose
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