The Family Tree : the Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Newsletter

72 Pages·1998·17.3 MB·English

by  Ellen Payne Odom Genealogical Library

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The Family Tree US. Postage | ' group to come NEWSLETTER
‘The Odom Library » PAID
The Moultrie Public Library Permit 41 home to Moultrie! RETURNS AS GRAND
PO Box 2828 Albany, GA The Murray Clan Society
Moultrie, GA 31776-2828 became the 103™ group to PRIZE WINNER!
house records at the library.
While attending the
Culloden Games April 24, THE DENMARK FAMILY ALMANAC
President Robert W. Murray
RUNNER-UP GRAND PRIZE!
gave a copy of the Society’s
genealogical database to Beth
AR“U=R~R NRRERESRAALYL In the largest newsletter Mr. Boyes will be awarded
5 Gay for The Odom Library, as contest yet, The Clan the large Revere Silver Bowl,
. a secondary repository of its
MacLeod Newsletter returns appropriately engraved, plus a-
genealogical records.
R:BB RRABRRBRABRERRBRLERLED? as Grand Prize winner in the banner for the Clan MacLeod
: Ploy tb The information was closest judging yet! to display and a certificate.
submitted on a Macintosh
Congratulations to editor Mr. Daniel and Ms. Denmark
version of the Personal
_ This paper w¥a s mailed on Monday, June 8, 1998 from the USPS Bulk Harry E. Boyes of Ionia, will share a smaller Revere
Ancestry File or PAF.
MaiCelnteir inn Aglban y, GA by One Plus Mail. Michigan! Silver Bowl, appropriately
Since so many others have
The USPS will not forward bulk mail. Send changes of address A first-time entry, The engraved and a certificate.
__ informatiotno : PO Box 2828, Moultrie, GA 31776-2828. Include old & new now utilized the facilities in Denmark Family Almanac, First Place in the Scottish
_Sitees, plosem: Moultrie at The Odom edited and published by Clan Category has been
~ Library, it is important that the
Steven Daniel and Janet Lee awarded to The Clan
‘3 Odom Library, Sandy Hume Mey records also be
a1 Denmark of Seattle, Montgomery Society
Washington has won the 1998
Computer Center benefit from If you have any questions Continued on page 28 A
Runner-Up Grand Prize!
The Dunvegan Foundation cheornictaegren, ienigt hery boeufror e Mourr rafatyer a
Katherine McLeod, | begun after the untimely visiting The Odom Library, C. Blake Powers presents
Chairman, Projects/Grants death of Sandy Hume, son of please direct your questions to Virginia Davis Powers Collection
for The Dunvegan Odom Library friend, Brit Robert W. Murray, President, |
Foundation of the Clan 803 Evergreen Drive, to Odom Library to honor his mom
MacLeod Society, USA, Inc., Each of the CD’s will be Wyomissing, PA 19610.
sent a letter and a check for marked as materials made = C. Blake Powers of historical documents, be
$1000 to The Odom Library possible by The Dunvegan ssc.cey Macon, Georgia has made accessible to
as part of The Dunvegan Foundation and clan AES: presented his mother’s reasonable requests. Given
' Foundation 1998 honors. MacLeod. extensive genealogical time and logistic constraints,
The Odom Library has collection to The Ellen Payne this has not been a task that
ordered about d3 ozen CD- Odom Genealogy Library. could be readily
Rom’s with the funds. These Mr. Powers writes, “My accomplished on my own.”
CD’s include a great variety The Federation of Genealogical mother’s genealogy library is He continues, “I am,
of genealogical information an extensive resource for - therefore, extremely pleased
that will be useful to Societies invites you to Cincinnati many families, that she to announce that these
genealogists, Scottish and “Immigrant Dreams: The Settlement of America” painstakingly built over materials have been accepted
will be a conference for the nation’s genealogists this several decades. At her by The Ellen Payne Odom
coming 19-22 August in Cincinnati. death, I was charged with Genealogy Library in
Rom’s, the grant was There will be over 120 lecture and demonstration maintaining and doing what Moultrie as the Virginia
stretched to many times its sessions for genealogists of every level. I could with computerizing Davis Powers Collection.
amount ! For more information, a program booklet detailing the records and archiving the The library will be cataloging
The CD’s will be a part of materials. It was also her the materials, preserving the
the 1998 conference write FGS Business Office, PO
the new Sandy Hume wish that the materials, within historical documents and
Computer Center at The Box 830220, Richardson, TX 75083-0220. concerns for protecting and otherwise working to make
Odom Library which was preserving the various
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News from
Odom Library Chairman
Jimmy Jeter
Odom Library Director
Melody Stinson Jenkins
The Family Tree Editor, etc., The National Archives nationwide, including those in records, land sales, district
Beth Gay, DTJ, FSA Scot = tl is now on-line... the presidential libraries and court case files, architectural
The Family Tree Ezine Editor
Max Marbles |e 2 = John Carlin, Archivist of regional facilities.” Digital drawings and many historic
of Salem, Oregon the United States, reported copies of more than 100,000 photographs.
John V. Cody, Staff Cartoonist e- any recently in The Record, that of the most popular documents NARA now has a special
his goal for the National will be viewable on-line. page for genealogists at <http:/
Odom Library Board of Trustees Archives Web Site is to Also available will be /www.nara.gov/genealogy>
provide “a virtual card catalog congressional documents,
Bert Harsh,
of all NARA holdings maps, exploration of the west
Jestina Lewis, Virginia Horkan,
' William McLeod Mcintosh, Campbell Ansley
Van Platter, Merle Baker, Jack Short :
The Family Tree is published bimonthly by the Ellen Payne
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As repository for 103 Scottish Clans, family organizations shower in cold water. In case
f there is still no sign of life, add
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those concerned with their Scottish heritage- as well as for for another hour.
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Site location reports for post offices available
All extant records of site lo- fices in relation to nearby post tions. For information after
cation reports for post offices offices and transportation this date, it is recommended
have been transferred by the routes and facilities and some that you check with the nearest
Postal Service to the National reports show the location in Postal Service Division or
Archives and Records Admi- terms of legal land descriptions management Sectional Center
nistration, Eighth Street and and/or small grid maps of the in your area. About the
Pennsylvania Ave., Washing- vicinity of the office. With thanks to Bryan
ton, DC 20408-0001. The series has been repro- County Heritage Quarterly
The reports of site locations duced in Microfilm Publication published by the Bryan County
are completed forms submitted M1126, Post Office Depart- Heritage Association, Inc., PO Ponw Expv ress
by postmasters, mostly in the ment Reports of Site Locations, Box atsyjee Calera -2Ok
period from 1865 to 1946, giv- 1837-1950 and copies for a 74730-0153.
ing the location of their post of- specific office or a few office f you find a letter that had been delivered with no stamps
fices and other geographical in- can be purchased for 25 cents a What kind of mail? in your family documents, this means the letter was
formation. They typically page (minimum order of $6). written before 1847. In 1711, fourpence was the charge
Before 1857, the mail from
show the location of post of- For larger orders, the Archives the east to California was taken to carry a letter any distance up to 60 miles, sixpense was the
can also furnish positive copies
by ship from New York to the charge for 60-100 miles. Fourpence in English money was about
of Microfilm Publication
Isthmus of Panama, carried 8 cents in American money.
M1126 for $23 aroll. Each roll
overland to the Pacific side and These rates applied to letters on a single sheet of paper. Ift wo or
generally contains several
resumed its voyage to Califor- three sheets were used, the rates were doubled or tripled. Postage
counties within a state. There
nia. When the government in was not paid in advance because of the uncertainty of delivery but
are 683 rolls in the set.
Washington was pressured to was collected from the person to whom the letter was addressed.
To order the site location re-
provide overland mail service The mailmen were called postriders.
ports, your check or money or-
to the west, they awarded a About the time of the American Revolution, stagecoaches were
der should be made payable to
contract to James Birch to carry used for carrying mail because they could carry a heavy load and
the national Archives Trust
mail twice a month from San mailing became cheaper.
Fund and directed to Cashier,
Antonio to San Diego. The With the rapid settlement of California, the Pony Express began
National Archives, Trust Fund,
mail was packed on the backs weekly service in 1860 between St. Joseph, Missouri and
Washington, DC 20408-0001.
of mules, and accordingly ac- Sacramento, California. Later, two trips a week were made.
Since about 1950, the Postal
quired the name of *‘ Jackass The primary purpose of the service comprised part of the Northern
Service has not used the site lo-
Mail.” defense strategy during the Civil War by providing a fast, central
cations forms to record
The first assignment of the link with California that Southern raiders couldn’t harm.
changes in post office loca-
_ California was helped to stay in the Union during the 7 months
Continued on page 33 A
that the Pony Express existed.
The Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express was the 3 ;
actual name of the Pony Express. In‘ 1860, a San Francisco
esta ns printed this advertisement: NE detesacisc is
MANY HEARTFELT THANKS
TO HOSE THOUGHTFUL AND _.
KIND READERS 0 THE
FAM) LY TRE
oou
‘\ YOUR EXPRESSION
In 1847, our present system of prepaid postage became the
OF SYMPATHY FR practice by means of stamps. However, the riders of the Pony
Express left much in the way of legend in American history and
My ACCIDENT romanticism.
From your ed., the cowboy: It must have been some anniversary oro
WERE V WARM ge another of The Pony Express...but years ago The Bit & Spur Saddle Club
was asked to take part in a race with the modern Post Office from
AND TOUCHING: Jacksonville Beach, Florida to the City of Jacksonville. As I remember,
there were four or five of us who loaded our horses into Gene Glessner s
fue
big truck and took them to the beach. We had real “Pony Express” mail
bags to hand off to the next rider. We'd race for a 1/2 mile or so and then
trade off the sack to the next rider and load up the horse, haul to the next
trade-off place...and then take another turn when eugipone had “carried
the mail.”
(Frenp OFTHE
There were no ambushes, dust storms or “bad hombres” in our way...but,
BoNRY ONE) GS
as I remember, we RAN our horses right beside Beach Boulevard while
traffic was whizzing by...and thought nothing of it.
&F —vVvs“—=- : TAX
YO LON The four-legged mail carriers from Bit & Spur won the race! It seems
a . the team from the real Post Office had thought we would be so slow, they
YE i UKEAA 1 EAZF AN ay
stopped for coffee!
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ESS Flowers of the Forse =)
Dr. Malcolm Stuart Gussie T. McLeod of to sell. who is the sister of John H.E. Lowry Lee Stewart, 92,
Ferguson, cofounder of the Sumter, South Carolina died She selected Wilson’s Blue. bom December 8, 1906 and
Clan Fergusson Society of last August 17. She was 84 Bakery because they used died January 16, 1998 in Santa
North America became ill with years of age and am ember of butter in their cookies instead Matt Thomaston, Vice Fe, New Mexico. He was a
pneumonia on Palm Sunday, Clan MacLeod. of lard. She went to Sweets Chairman of the Southeast long standing member of the
April 5, 1998. He died Friday, Tin Shop and had them make Chapter of the Clan Gregor Clan Stewart Society of
April 17 and his Memorial Blanche McLeod of Trefoil-shaped cookie cutters. Society, passed away 23 America.
Service was held Thursday, Bishopville, South Carolina, By 1936, 2,500 dozen December 1997. He was also
April 23 at the First died at the age of 84 last cookies were sold door-to- a member of the Sons of
Presbyterian Church in Port August 25. She was a member door in two days. Eventually, Confederate Veterans and
The Clan MacKinnon
Charlotte, Florida. Kathryn F. of Clan MacLeod. Girl Scouts throughout the served as the Membership
Society sadly announces the
Henneberg, Secretary of the state of Illinois began selling Chairman of the St. Andrew’s
loss of four members recently.
Clan Fergusson Society of cookies to help support their Society of Atlanta and was Lillianette McKinnon
North America wrote, troops — and you know the past Vice President of the Gortemoller, Paul James
“Malcolm has been one of my. rest of the story. Atlanta Burns Society.
MacKinnon, Sr., Nettie S.
dearest, closest friends....He She is survived by two
Hampton and Mona
was a man off aith, a mano f daughters, both of whom are Elizabeth Calhoun
Tompkins Dodds.
integrity, a man of vision. members of The Clan Stewart, 70, of Brookhaven,
Blessed with a towering Sutherland Society of North Mississippi died last July 3.
intellect, a dedication to his America, Suzanne S. Miller She is survived by her Pipe Major Dan
work, and a capacity for and Nancy S. Sampson, eight husband, John, daughter, Armstrong died last October
friendship of the same Judge Marcus Benton grandchildren and 13 great Helen Anderson and a son 12. He was a longtime
magnitude. Malcolm was an Calhoun, 80, of Thomasville, grandchildren. living in Hattiesburg, another member of the New York
inspiration to me. I shall miss Georgia died Sunday, April 19 son living in Brookhaven. Caledonian Club. He had
him always.” at his home. Judge Calhoun Donald W. Sotherland, served as Chieftain of the
was a member of many civic member of the Clan Edwin W. Stewart, 78 of NYCC and also as Director of
groups and was President of Sutherland Society of North
Simpsonville, South Carolina, Scottish Studies. He raised
Herbert James “Herbie” the North American Chapter America, died January 5, died Saturday, October 4, two pipe bands: The New
Hume, 54, of Davis Crossing
-of Clan Colquhoun. In 1941, 1998. He collaborated with 1997. He was a long-standing York Scottish Pipes, Drums
Road in New Durham, died he joined the FBI and was sent the Clan Genealogist in the member of CSSA and helped and Dancers and The Long
. January 20, 1998 after a motor |
to New York for a year of design and operation of the with Stewart Genealogy. Island Ravens MC Pipe Band.
- vehicle accident in Alton.
training in Counter- CSSNA ancestral database
He was a lifetime member —
Intelligence. He quickly rose and will be missed by all.
of the VFW and was a past
to the rank of Special Agent
commander of the American
Supervisor, but resigned in The Clan Sinclair is.
Legion Post No. 113 in New
1946 to practice law in saddened to announce the
Durham. He was a Masoann d
Thomasville. He was later deaths of members Ethel
was a member of
appointed Solicitor General of Corley on June 1, 1997, John
Winnipesaukee Lodge No. 75 the Southern Judicial Circuit L. Tudor, December 1997 and
F. & A.M. He was the
and then in 1969 he was Eleanor Ruth Gray last
president of the annual Hume
appointed to the bench by March 25.
Family reunion and the.
Governor Lester Maddux. He CONUQDENT CO.
Northeast Convener for the served as Superior Court Michael Wolpert, Clan
Home/Hume Clan of North
Judge for over 20 years and MacLachlan piper and "An Ezernat Refleccion of Dericage’
America.
then accepted Senior Status.
Proud of his Scottish teacher, died this past July of
He is survived by his wife,
heritage, he participated in the Bernice Wolfe Calhoun and heart trouble. He is survived Unique Cemecery
Highland games and wore his three sons, a daughter and two by two daughters and
CDemorials wth
Hume tartan kilt. sisters. grandchildren.
Cradicional Celzic
Susan Davidson Kelly, Miss Madeleine John H.E. Blue died at his Carving
Glasgow, Scotland, died last Trethewey, long time member home in Orlando, Florida on
November 23 of a rapidly of the Scottish Historic & April 13, 1998. He was one
Research Society of the
spreading cancer. She was the of the founding fathers of the @ Crosses
accommodations coordinator Delaware Valley, died last
April 7. She was a resident of Sept of Blue and was a past
for several Clan MacLeod @ CDonumencts
Parliaments. the Masonic Home of president who had served on
Pennsylvania in Lafayette Hill, the board since the beginning
@ [lac CDarkers
but was a former resident of of the Sept. A highlight of his
Thomas MacLeod
Ardmore, Pennsylvania.
Simchak, died last July 27. He presidency was the start of the
was a member of the Clan Berea College Fund.
MacLeod Society. He was a Elizabeth Sutherland, 106, For a brochure and
graduate of Bowdoin College, died in Wilmette, Illinois. Bernice Myrick, sister of other information call:
and as a youth, saning th e When she was finance Nellie Blue Greene, died 1-800-862-2686
choir at Washington National chairman of the Girl Scouts of
Cathedral. He died at age 45, Wilmette in 1935, she January 9, 1998.
he was anative Woaf shington approached two local bakeries
and is survived by his wife, about making a sugar cookie Eddie Van Voorhees died Include us in your “pre-need” plans
oo Mary, a brother and as ister. .in the shape of a Trefoial G,ir l in January-1998.. He is |. Very Reasonable Shipping Coast to Coast
Scout emblem, for the scouts survived by his. wife; Lucy, -
“Nae
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MYSTERIOUS
Medieval Knight Uncle Sam
epeteite
MUMMIES ae
recognized as modern was
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hero! Scottish!
Yes, America’s
legendary OF CHANK
Uncle Sam
H.W. “Pete” Cummings, Jr. was an ultra patriotic
Chair, The Prince Henry Project meat packer Margaret Cotton Spiry and clothing were perfectly
from Chicago whose Lt. Col. Alfred J. Spiry, Sr. preserved. Near the burial
parents had earlier (USAF, ret.) wrote with ground of these mummies are
he year for Scots to this expedition journeyed emigrated from information about the old, abandoned monasteries
celebrate their even further south to the Greenock, Scotland! mysterious mummies found in high up on cliffs with caves
600th anniversary is. Rhode Island coast, where China. They write, “For the that contain dancing fertility
here! Certainly this is a time they built what is known to Chinese archaeologist who figures etched in rock. These
to take pride in heritage. day as the Newport Tower as stumbled on them, it was the images are identical to images
Twelve sailing ships, led by part of a settlement in the Surprising microfilm discovery of a lifetime. In one found in Bulgaria and the
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continent in 1398. Their Zeno, his navigator and log- microfilming of records in East features reposed. Nearby the “mummy people,”
navigator was Antonio Zeno keeper, returned to Venice Germany did not occur until were red bearded mummies showing red hair, blue eyes
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Lochaber
The Scottish
Highland Song
- Trump
Lee Snowden connection to the=
competitions
Wherever in this life |roam _
again at RMS Titanic
The Isle of Skye shall be my home
That misty land of Gaelic lore
Grandfather
Calls to the highland blood once more
ost of the world has seen the movie, and now a
Mountain
And should | die across these seas recently'developed theory has emerged that a
Just let me face the Hebrides Lochaber Trump manufacturing problem in Glasgow, Scotland, may
And let my heart forever dwell competitions will take place again have contributed to the sinking of The RMS Titanic.
Within the gates of Armadale this year at the Grandfather Tim Foeke, a metallurgist working at the federal government’s
Mountain Highland Games. If National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg,
And | shall rest in Heaven’s Glen you know anyone who plays an Maryland has published his findings.
Where there with Conn to ride the wind old-timey “Juice-Harp”, Jaw- While the great ship was not built in Scotland, its’ hull was
But only if my eyes should see harp or Jew’s-harp, ask them to held together with rivets made outside Glasgow at the D.
Fulfillment of the prophecy come along on Sunday afternoon Colvilles and Co., Steel Works. Over 3 million rivets went into
and win some valuable prizes the overlapping steel plates to make the hull and flaws have
For who shall sit upon the throne brought from Scotland. been found and measured. Made of wrought iron, rivets must
When Scotiand comes unto her own? Last year’s winners were: contain about 2% of the glassy by-product slag - which adds
And who shall guide us as Farquhar MacRae, Corpach strength. But, too much slag makes brittle iron and the tested
The Bruce When England turns her jewel loose? Inverness-shire; Joe Corporan rivet had a content of close to 9%.
of Raleigh, NC; and Chris Hefley In addition, the streaks of slag which should run parallel made
So let us sing our highland song of Nashville, TN. Honorable a sharp change of direction near the missing rivet head, causing
Mentions were given to Mrs.
And dance on shields the whole nightlong - severe structural weakness.
Hetty MacAulay MacRae, wife
For from the royal Scottish throne of Farquhar. a On April 14, 1912, the iceberg may not have cut through the
A native son shall rule his own hull. The rivets may have just popped on impact, laying the
(c)1996 hull open at the seams, leaving an opening which may have
been no larger than a closet door.
Lee Snowden writes, “This poem was af inalisti n _ Another ship, the S.S. Olympic, built with the same kind of
the 1996 Scottish International Open Poetry rivets suffered the same type of damage after a ship to ship
Competition in Ayrshire.” collision.
Thanks, Lee! \ 7 > a While the iceberg, human error and ego are probably all to
House of Gordon has blame, the new findings on the rivet irregularities may prove
connection to movie that precious time was lost after the collision, may change the
ww ‘Dolly’s had a little lamb Segivs<ineg Titanic! way we look back at the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
Sir George B. Gordon With many thanks to the Saint Andrews Society of Southern
Robinson does special effects Nevada, Inc., 4713 Maroon Dr., Las Vegas, NV 89130.
for the movie industry. He was
ally: the world’s first ;
the chief electrician for the
sheep to be cloned from an
mountain ram, was not present movie Titanic.
adult animal has given birth to
at the birth. George was enthusiastic
_ ahealthy lamb - completely by Clan Sutherland member, Julie Baker,
about that work as he is about
natural means, confounding With thanks to The all his endeavors and will be member of Titanic cast
those who argued that Dolly
Caledonian Courier, the glad to share a tale with you Film fans across the country have rushed to see
would be sterile. The mother
Magazine of the Caledonian when you see at. Highland Titanic, the most expensive film of all time, as well as
and daughter, Bonnie, were Society of Mississippi. Games. Ask him about the best-grossing box office attraction of all time.
recently on display for
meeting Kate Winslet! Julie Baker, a former resident of Leigh, England
photographers at the Roslin Write them: 863 Highway
The House of Gordon (her daughter still lives there) attended auditions while
Institute near Edinburgh. 469 North, Jackson, MS
publication said that there are visiting her daughter. Julie and her husband, James,
Bonnie’s dad, a Welsh 39208. ;
no Oscar & for electricians so were both offered parts, but Jim declined, citing work
they offered the House of commitments. Jim is Clan Sutherland Society of North
Gordon’s congratulations. America Convener for Southern California.
How about a $29,000 slice of wedding cake?
How about we _ add Julie was picked, not only as an extra, but also ina
There were 18 sessions from February 19-27 of this “Congratulations” from the character role. She played the part of a 60-year old
year to sell 2,987 lots of the collection of the Duke and entire Scottish community! Swiss woman, Lisa Lazarol, a first class passenger.
Dutghess of Windsor at Sotherby’s in New York City.
From her home in San Diego, she said, “I’ve seen
A piece of their wedding cake sold for $29,000!"
the film three times so far, and each time I see myself
The top lot in the sale was a signed and dated oil-on- Did you have family on in different scenes.”
canvas painting of HRH Edward, Prince of Wales on his The Titanic? Julie has always been in show business and has
chestnut hunter, Forest Witch. It sold for $2,312,500. Lawrence R. Berry of the traveled around the world with her dancing talents.
The collection of this couple caught the interest of the Genealogical Society of At age 25, she moved to Italy from England with
world as about 7,000-people attended the sale and 30,000 Sarasota, Florida is quite her then husband and back to England after the birth
absentee bids were placed. knowledgeable about the of her daughter. She met and married Jim eight years
A three-volume, 1200 page catalog with 2,000 tragic Titanic disaster, having ago, after being introduced to him by a cousin.
illustrations documented the sale of the Windsor had family on board. Julie spent 7 months on the set of the film, 50 miles
collection. For catalogs or information on future He would like to speak with from the border in Mexico.
Sotheby’s sales, contact them at: 1334 York Ave., New others who have a similar With thanks to The Dunrobin Piper, publication of
York, NY 10021. Call 212-606-7000. Visit their web site: interest. Please call him at the Clan Sutherland Society of North America.
<http://www.sothebys.com>
941-966-5222.
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Powers, continfruome pda ge1 A PTAA AAMT
How to travel with a kilt Fr | ES
those records available to all. to be cataloged and placed ‘The St. Andrews Society of t t thi i
It will not happen into new media. I hope that Tallahassee, Florida published t M Cu i. wae and Shiba i
immediately, in that more you share my pleasure at this iealeton Nene tcaveliwiths I ost countries have their own naming customs, I
than fifty boxes of materials development and _ will BR Tie article aid tb roll but the Scots had a very highly developed system of
were given to form the consider adding to it.” I I
it and put it into a woman’s en 5 ener: ets
backbone of the collection - riylon stocking. “We are told I e eldest son after the paternal grandfather. I
and they are also in the that the kilt will arrive wrinkle | The 2nd son after the maternal grandfather. j
Franco-American
process of copying additional . ” The 3rd son after the father.
materials that has been made research flourishes aoe ea thas way. i The Eldest daughter after the maternal {
available. Other materials are Scholars active in the field of A l grandmother. ~ I
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