For a school project I had to do a genelogy and was able to trace back on my mother's side. One of my grandfather's came from Harper Ferry's VA (big Civil War history area) and ran away from home to join the Civil War as a drummer boy. My grandfather was part Indian and was more difficult to trace.
Funny story is that my husband's family has been traced back by a family member and one of his's great grandmother was actually scalped twice and we always joke that it might have been my grandfather scalping his grandmother.
I don't have time for another project so it is something I will leave to others.
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