[or-roots] Finding ancestors in Revolutionary and Civil War

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I'm glad you mentioned the deserters too Bill. A running joke in the family 
was that we had a Hessian serving with George Washington at the Delaware. 
Even though part of the family came from closer to Switzerland, soldiering 
was a rather common profession. I got a  history lesson while looking into 
Palatinate Germany. Genealogy has a way of broadening ones world view and 
pointing up how limited the public education is.