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<P>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "SUZANNE THOMAS" <suz_es@msn.com><BR>To: or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR>Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 11:50:49 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific<BR>Subject: [or-roots] Finding ancestors in Revolutionary and Civil War<BR><BR>
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<BR>Hi all,<BR><BR>Can anyone tell me a good way to see if my ancestors were in the Revolutionary or Civil War? thanks for the help<BR><BR><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Sans-serif">Suzanne Thomas</SPAN><IMG src="http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w3/ltr/../emoticons/heart.gif" dfsrc="http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w3/ltr/../emoticons/heart.gif"></FONT><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Geneva,Arial,Sans-serif">"The word Mother is more a verb than a noun, for it is the actions that makes one a Mother." </SPAN><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________ or-roots mailing list or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots </P></P></div></body></html>