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Justice/Justis Family Report

Jim Revell has updated his paper on "The Justis Family of the Eastern Shore". This revision of his report is dated April 24th, 2008

Click here to view Jim's paper.

Thanks Jim

News Corner

Photographs from the Sept. 2007 Conference are now on line. Check the link on the left..

I am now working on adding additional inrformation from the 2007 Ghotes Conference.

If you missed the conference you missed a real treat. We had several experts from the Smithsonian who made a presentation about the mystery of "The Boy in the Coffin". The mystery began April 1 when construction workers,who were digging in DC, discoverted a coffin. The coffin was 150 years old. The experts from the Smithsonian talked about the process they followed in idenifing the boy in the coffin. You can read more about this mystery here.

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Jack

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If you missed the Ghotes conference last Sept., you missed an excellent presentation by folks from the Smithsonian Institution about “The Boy in the Coffin”. The presentation was extremely interesting and informative. The folks from the Smithsonian went into great detail about the investigation to find the identity of a 19th century teenage boy whose remains were recently discovered at a Washington DC construction site. The boy was identified as William Taylor White from Accomack County Virginia. You will find additional information about the "Boy in the Coffin" and how the Smithsonian tracked down his identity here on our web site.,