Comments on: Civil War Saturday: Thomas Worcester Hyde http://www.murdoconline.net/archives/6902.html Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:50:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: jaymaster http://www.murdoconline.net/archives/6902.html/comment-page-1#comment-340498 jaymaster Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:30:04 +0000 http://www.murdoconline.net/?p=6902#comment-340498 Yes, I appreciate these posts too. When I grew up, Antietam and Gettysburg were literally the names of two of my high school football opponents, and not much more to me than that. Of course, I was aware of some of the local history, but it didn’t interest me much. It wasn’t until I moved away that I got the history bug, and then I appreciated what I had left behind. So when I moved back to the area a few years ago, I started making up for missed time. I’ve been reading up on the Civil War and other local history, and visiting the sites fairly often. But I took a detour 8-9 months ago when my sister discovered a “missing link’ in our family tree. We had traced it back to the 1820’s or so, but were at a dead end that sat there for many years. But she broke through that, and since then we traced it all the way back to the 1680’s. As it turns out, I’m descended from some of the first Scotch-Irish who settled this part of PA and MD around 1700. So I switched gears at that point, and I’ve been consumed with researching that time period and looking for clues to my family’s involvement. So far, I’ve found a father and son directly in my line who were members of the first militia formed to fight Indians in the 1740’s and 50’s. The son went on to serve in the revolutionary war, so I need to spend some time tracking down that info. Hard to believe, but he was a third generation American way back then! My plan is to work my way up through time, and hopefully get back to the Civil War research in a year or two. And stuff like this helps keep me curious about it all. So thanks again! Yes, I appreciate these posts too. When I grew up, Antietam and Gettysburg were literally the names of two of my high school football opponents, and not much more to me than that. Of course, I was aware of some of the local history, but it didn’t interest me much. It wasn’t until I moved away that I got the history bug, and then I appreciated what I had left behind.

So when I moved back to the area a few years ago, I started making up for missed time. I’ve been reading up on the Civil War and other local history, and visiting the sites fairly often.

But I took a detour 8-9 months ago when my sister discovered a “missing link’ in our family tree. We had traced it back to the 1820’s or so, but were at a dead end that sat there for many years. But she broke through that, and since then we traced it all the way back to the 1680’s. As it turns out, I’m descended from some of the first Scotch-Irish who settled this part of PA and MD around 1700.

So I switched gears at that point, and I’ve been consumed with researching that time period and looking for clues to my family’s involvement. So far, I’ve found a father and son directly in my line who were members of the first militia formed to fight Indians in the 1740’s and 50’s. The son went on to serve in the revolutionary war, so I need to spend some time tracking down that info. Hard to believe, but he was a third generation American way back then!

My plan is to work my way up through time, and hopefully get back to the Civil War research in a year or two. And stuff like this helps keep me curious about it all. So thanks again!

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