Yes, thank you I did know about the Holland name. That is what my maiden name was, and we later found out we were Houlihan when we found a marriage certificate for my gg grandfather's sister. I am glad to know there is some truth to the story. It may help us try to figure out some more family members. Thanks for the quick response.> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:28:57 -0500> From: gawne@cesmail.net> To: beara@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [BEARA] Traditions of naming a child> > Hi Stephanie, all,> > Stephanie Anderson <spitfire_sh@hotmail.com> writes:> > > They read through the entries and one of the names we are > > researching is Houlihan.> > Do you know that the Houlihans in Beara also sometimes went by the > name Holland? It adds to the fun of tracing the ancestors.> > > Anyway, another thing I read in a letter was that it was tradition > > to name the first son after the paternal grandfather and the second > > son after the maternal grandfather. Same goes for the daughters > > first daughter after the first paternal grandmother and second after > > the maternal grandmother.> >> > Does anyone have a clue if this is even remotely true?> > Yes, it is. If you look back in the archive, you can find a message > at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/beara/2004-01/1075059520> > Quoting in part from it:> > First son after father's father> Second son after mother's father> Third son after father> Fourth son after father's oldest brother> Fifth son after mother's oldest brother> > First daughter after mother's mother (or father's mother)> Second daughter after father's mother (or mother's mother)> Third daughter after mother> Fourth daughter after mother's oldest sister> Fifth daughter after father's oldest sister> > > -- Bill> > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Stephanie, all, Stephanie Anderson <spitfire_sh@hotmail.com> writes: > They read through the entries and one of the names we are > researching is Houlihan. Do you know that the Houlihans in Beara also sometimes went by the name Holland? It adds to the fun of tracing the ancestors. > Anyway, another thing I read in a letter was that it was tradition > to name the first son after the paternal grandfather and the second > son after the maternal grandfather. Same goes for the daughters > first daughter after the first paternal grandmother and second after > the maternal grandmother. > > Does anyone have a clue if this is even remotely true? Yes, it is. If you look back in the archive, you can find a message at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/beara/2004-01/1075059520 Quoting in part from it: First son after father's father Second son after mother's father Third son after father Fourth son after father's oldest brother Fifth son after mother's oldest brother First daughter after mother's mother (or father's mother) Second daughter after father's mother (or mother's mother) Third daughter after mother Fourth daughter after mother's oldest sister Fifth daughter after father's oldest sister -- Bill

So I have had the pleasure of making it home this holiday season and I have come across some letter my grandmother had written or received from other relatives. It makes me laugh, one of them (not my grandmother) found Riobard's book in a library in Montana and was looking through it. They read through the entries and one of the names we are researching is Houlihan. Well this relative writes to my grandmother and says, I think that since it says (Suvane) Houlihan it must be what they call all Houlihan's. Well, unfortunatelly she was wrong and we are of the Cain Houlihan branch. Anyway, another thing I read in a letter was that it was tradition to name the first son after the paternal grandfather and the second son after the maternal grandfather. Same goes for the daughters first daughter after the first paternal grandmother and second after the maternal grandmother. Does anyone have a clue if this is even remotely true? Thanks and happy holidays!Stephanie

So I have had the pleasure of making it home this holiday season and I have come across some letter my grandmother had written or received from other relatives. It makes me laugh, one of them (not my grandmother) found Riobard's book in a library in Montana and was looking through it. They read through the entries and one of the names we are researching is Houlihan. Well this relative writes to my grandmother and says, I think that since it says (Suavane) Houlihan it must be what they call all Houlihan's. Well, unfortunatelly she was wrong and we are of the Cain Houlihan branch. Anyway, another thing I read in a letter was that it was tradition to name the first son after the paternal grandfather and the second son after the maternal grandfather. Same goes for the daughters first daughter after the first paternal grandmother and second after the maternal grandmother. Does anyone have a clue if this is even remotely true? Thanks and happy holidays! Stephanie

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Dear Riobard, Thank you for replying to my email.I will write to Fr. Walsh and request the Birth and Baptismal records. Great News! Since you have the Family-Trees it would save me untold hours of research,quite possibly incorrect research.Please advise by direct e-mail how I may reward you for time and effort to provide same. I first found the Beara archives and read thread after thread, its going to take months but what a joy. I believe you have chronicled the "Beara Nation". The stories are superb! Do not stop! Then I read about "some months to go" , retirement on the horizon, and the admonishment to those who come too late. It was a happy day to see your postings in later years. Riobard, Thanks for being here and don't let " The Bloody Blaguards get you". A Merry Christmas and a healthy New Year to you and Family. Jack

i am looking for my family also,my grandfather was baptized at st finbarr's in 1872.how do i get in contact with mary burke. jim sullivan --- On Thu, 12/11/08, Marge Sullivan <hjmcs@optonline.net> wrote: From: Marge Sullivan <hjmcs@optonline.net> Subject: Re: [BEARA] Buckley To: beara@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 3:06 PM It's true that Mary doesn't ask for anything, but it seems reasonable to make a small "donation" to the church to avoid having the parish (or Mary herself) shell out the money for postage and/or photocopy. I don't think this is unreasonable and will help to insure continued good will. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan & Shiela Etheridge" <seth5455@bellsouth.net> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Buckley >I also have had the pleasure of receiving help from Mary Burke. She sent a > letter back after a while when I wrote her several years ago. The mail > lady > who delivered it had only one request, that when I was done with the > envelope, that I let her have it. Our mail lady in this small Florida > rural > town (Mims, FL) takes unusual stamped letters to local elementary classes, > and she had never seen one from Ireland. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <DBJOLEARY@aol.com> > To: <beara@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 10:14 PM > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Buckley > > >>I don't think Mary Burke ever uses a donation as an incentive to look up >> parish records. I met her a few years ago and she was very gracious with >> her >> time taking my inquiries, and sending the info later. Like most >> Sacristans she >> is all alone with other duties to perform, and like most Sacristans >> looking up >> records comes only after her parish priorities. Sure I offered her 20 >> Euros >> which she declined at the time. Of course she works on "Irish Time" too >> but >> eventually she e-mailed me telling me that she could find no records re >> my >> inquiry. >> >> Don >> >> >> In a message dated 12/9/2008 7:13:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, >> john.steitz@gmail.com writes: >> >> Mary >> Thank you very much. I will give this a try. Do you know, is this the >> records for all of the Bantry Parish or just this particular Church? >> Again >> thank you for the information. >> John >> >> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Mary Ellen Moran >> <jacmare@hotmail.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi John, >>> I'm also looking for ancestors in the Bantry area but have stayed with >>> the >>> Beara list because I enjoy reading Riobard's items and the material >>> others >>> contribute. I found baptismal and marriage records at St. Finbarr's >>> Roman >>> Catholic Church. The sacristan there is Mary Burke. The record book >>> is >>> kept in the sacristry amid the cleaning supplies! Mary has indicated >>> that >>> she has little time to look up records but a small contribution may >>> provide >>> more of an incentive. Good luck with your search...Mary Ellen> Date: >>> Mon, >>> 24 Nov 2008 15:21:45 -0500> From: john.steitz@gmail.com> To: >> >> >> **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and >> favorite sites in one place. Try it now. >> (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.16/1840 - Release Date: 12/9/2008 > 4:53 PM > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

You could write to Very Rev. Fr. Gearoid Walsh P.P., Glengarriff, Co. Cork, for the additional birth/Baptismal certificates for your grandfather's sisters and brothers. I have the information here, but if you want the certificates themselves, then write to Fr. Walsh. There were 10 children in the family. Fr. Walsh would have 8 of them.You can also get the certificates from the Registrar, Births, Marriages & Deaths, Adelaide Street. Cork City. I have the Family-Trees of the whole Glengarriff-Bonane Parish completed. ---- Riobard. ----- Original Message ----- From: <jkissinger@bellsouth.net> To: <BEARA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:11 PM Subject: [BEARA] Sullivans Birth & Baptism Certificate Glengarriff >I have Birth and Baptismal Certificates for my Grandfather and Grandmother. >They are Michael Joseph Sullivan b. 01 Nov 1892 and Margaret > (Maud) Sullivan be. 18 Oct 1894, Glengarriff, Cork. Both baptized in the > Diocese of Kerry, Parish of Bonare and Glengarriff. I would like > information as to "Who" and "Where" to write for additional > Birth/Baptismal certificates for my Grandfather's sisters and brothers. > Several of which traveled to Colorado. Its almost impossible to find > Sullivans in the old West. Their name being so rare! ;<))) > > Michael's parents where John J. Sullivan of Firkale, Glengarriff, Cork. > and Katherine O'Shea of Derry Connery, > Margaret's parents where John Eugene Sullivan of Coorykamade, Coalhole, > Cork and Mary Francis O'Donoghue of Coorykamade. > > If anyone has additional knowledge of this family, I would appreciate > same. > > Thank you in advance > > Jack Kissinger > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1974 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

I hope you catch Fr. Walsh in a better mood than I did a few years ago when he was first assigned at Sacred Heart Church in Glengarriff. Unfortunately I caught him eating his lunch, which was the first mistake, then he told me that his church records were private, which surprised me, so I told him that he was the first parish priest who refused my inquiry, which was my second mistake. However, he has softened up since then and has even contacted me via snail mail a few years ago, so I guess I just caught him in the wrong mood and got off on the wrong foot during our first visit when he had just moved in. At the time I was still looking for my g.g.grf. Richard Leary. God bless'em all!! They have so many responsibilities and not enough help. Speaking of having all of the Glengarriff/Bonane Parish Family Tree records Riobard, how about Eugene Sullivan "The Shoemaker"? If so, you might add that he was the g.grf. of my aunt Mary Sullivan, who married my mother's brother Lawrence Vatter in New Castle, PA in 1938, that is, if you are so inclined to mention any German surnames. :o) Have a great Christmas Holiday Season Riobard!! Don In a message dated 12/19/2008 9:26:18 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, beararesearchodwyer@eircom.net writes: You could write to Very Rev. Fr. Gearoid Walsh P.P., Glengarriff, Co. Cork, for the additional birth/Baptismal certificates for your grandfather's sisters and brothers. I have the information here, but if you want the certificates themselves, then write to Fr. Walsh. There were 10 children in the family. Fr. Walsh would have 8 of them.You can also get the certificates from the Registrar, Births, Marriages & Deaths, Adelaide Street. Cork City. I have the Family-Trees of the whole Glengarriff-Bonane Parish completed. ---- Riobard. ----- Original Message ----- From: <jkissinger@bellsouth.net> To: <BEARA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:11 PM Subject: [BEARA] Sullivans Birth & Baptism Certificate Glengarriff >I have Birth and Baptismal Certificates for my Grandfather and Grandmother. >They are Michael Joseph Sullivan b. 01 Nov 1892 and Margaret > (Maud) Sullivan be. 18 Oct 1894, Glengarriff, Cork. Both baptized in the > Diocese of Kerry, Parish of Bonare and Glengarriff. I would like > information as to "Who" and "Where" to write for additional > Birth/Baptismal certificates for my Grandfather's sisters and brothers. > Several of which traveled to Colorado. Its almost impossible to find > Sullivans in the old West. Their name being so rare! ;<))) > > Michael's parents where John J. Sullivan of Firkale, Glengarriff, Cork. > and Katherine O'Shea of Derry Connery, > Margaret's parents where John Eugene Sullivan of Coorykamade, Coalhole, > Cork and Mary Francis O'Donoghue of Coorykamade. > > If anyone has additional knowledge of this family, I would appreciate > same. > > Thank you in advance > > Jack Kissinger > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1974 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)

Kevin, I had no trouble four years ago submitting a Baptism certificate for my grandfather,(from Waterford City - 1850),as this was all that was available for that period; so hopefully, they would accept Church certification of the Baptism as a replacement for a missing Birth certificate. Geraldine Slattery, Australia. -----Original Message----- From: beara-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:beara-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kevin MacKinnon Sent: Thursday, 18 December 2008 1:17 AM To: beara@rootsweb.com Subject: [BEARA] Birth Certificate - 1878 I have tried twice now to get a birth certificate for my g-grandmother Catharine O'Sullivan (born in Adrigole 1978) without success. They told me that its likely that the birth was never registered. If that is the case, is an Irish passport for my father out of the question?? I know (thru Riobard) that her baptismal records are available. Thanks ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Firstly, I presume that your g-grandmother was born in the 1800s rather than in 1978. Was she born in the Parish of Adrigole or in the Townland of Adrigole ? You didn't give the Christian name of her father and the maiden name of her mother --- two absolutely essential pieces of information. If she was born in the year in which I think she was born, there were four Catherine O'Sullivans born in the Adrigole Parish that year. I have her Baptismal records, and her family genealogy if she happens to have been one of the four, but if you happen to want to write to the Parish Priest of Adrigole, his name is Very Rev. Fr. O'Sullivan, a native of Kenmare. No shortage of O'Sullivans around here !! ---- Riobard. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin MacKinnon" <kevmac90@msn.com> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 2:16 PM Subject: [BEARA] Birth Certificate - 1878 > > I have tried twice now to get a birth certificate for my g-grandmother > Catharine O'Sullivan (born in Adrigole 1978) without success. They told > me that its likely that the birth was never registered. If that is the > case, is an Irish passport for my father out of the question?? I know > (thru Riobard) that her baptismal records are available. > Thanks > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1971 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

Kevin, I think you have got your g/gmother's date of birth wrong!!! Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin MacKinnon" <kevmac90@msn.com> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 2:16 PM Subject: [BEARA] Birth Certificate - 1878 > > I have tried twice now to get a birth certificate for my g-grandmother > Catharine O'Sullivan (born in Adrigole 1978) without success. They told > me that its likely that the birth was never registered. If that is the > case, is an Irish passport for my father out of the question?? I know > (thru Riobard) that her baptismal records are available. > Thanks > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.19/1853 - Release Date: 12/17/2008 8:31 AM

Hi Kevin, all, My sister ran into this problem with my grandfather's birth registration. She was able to get some kind of government certificate in lieu of birth registration based on his baptismal certificate. I'm sorry I don't have the exact details concerning the name of the document, but I'd imagine you can get the details from the Irish embassy. Bill Gawne Kevin MacKinnon <kevmac90@msn.com> writes: > > I have tried twice now to get a birth certificate for my > g-grandmother Catharine O'Sullivan (born in Adrigole 1978) without > success. They told me that its likely that the birth was never > registered. If that is the case, is an Irish passport for my father > out of the question?? I know (thru Riobard) that her baptismal > records are available. > Thanks

I have tried twice now to get a birth certificate for my g-grandmother Catharine O'Sullivan (born in Adrigole 1978) without success. They told me that its likely that the birth was never registered. If that is the case, is an Irish passport for my father out of the question?? I know (thru Riobard) that her baptismal records are available. Thanks

I have Birth and Baptismal Certificates for my Grandfather and Grandmother. They are Michael Joseph Sullivan b. 01 Nov 1892 and Margaret (Maud) Sullivan be. 18 Oct 1894, Glengarriff, Cork. Both baptized in the Diocese of Kerry, Parish of Bonare and Glengarriff. I would like information as to "Who" and "Where" to write for additional Birth/Baptismal certificates for my Grandfather's sisters and brothers. Several of which traveled to Colorado. Its almost impossible to find Sullivans in the old West. Their name being so rare! ;<))) Michael's parents where John J. Sullivan of Firkale, Glengarriff, Cork. and Katherine O'Shea of Derry Connery, Margaret's parents where John Eugene Sullivan of Coorykamade, Coalhole, Cork and Mary Francis O'Donoghue of Coorykamade. If anyone has additional knowledge of this family, I would appreciate same. Thank you in advance Jack Kissinger

Dear Riobard & all with Beara roots, Thank you for the Christmas traditions dear to your heart and history. I too have candles (battery driven) in red votives in the windows of our old farm house in the heart of the city. You remind me to ask my eldest family members for more memories of Christmas with family who were closer to Ireland. My uncle Jim Brady recounts that his grandfather, James T. Brady from Bear Island, would walk down to the end of the lane that connected their farmhouse to the country road. He would look out for anyone who might be walking by to invite for the meal. James T. had come to Charleston, SC with his mother during our Civil War. My guess is that he had been the guest at many tables before he had his own to share. One last chuckle. The stories about open doors and hospitality at Christmas on Beara came across my computer here in Houston the day before we had a 2 am visitor at our house. I woke to pounding on the door and looked to see a very drunken man insisting that we open up. I didn't! And he went away. But I thought of how connected we are to each other by universal experiences.welcome & unwelcome. The best of blessings at Christmas and for the year ahead.may there be more welcome guests than unwelcome ones! Victoria Harrison PS. Are there any eggnog recipes?

Thanks for reminding me of the wren music. I pulled out my Chieftain's Bells of Dublin music and enjoyed it this morning. May all on the list have blessed holidays and may we all find prosperity in the new year! Theresa > > we have a wreath handed down from my grandmother it is not the > orginalwreath that was replaced every year but the red center candle and > dish is from her we light it on christmas eve > > Christmas in Ireland stretches from Christmas Eve to the Epiphany feast > on '6th of January'. Epiphany is also known as 'Little Christmas' > here. > For Irish people, Christmas is much more a religious festival than > the > tome to have fun. People place lighted red candles on their > windowsills > that are mostly decorated with sprigs of holly so that Mary and > Joseph > looking for shelter may find the way to their homes. Irish wives > bake a > seed cake for each person in the household and make three puddings > for > Christmas day, New Year's Day and the Twelfth Night. > > > > On Christmas Eve, the door is left open for Mary and Joseph and > bread > and milk are left out for them. It is also considered as a symbol > of > hospitality. On 26th of December or St Stephen's Day, people > indulge in > football matches and conduct meetings. Children participate in the > Wren > Boys Procession, in which boys go from home to home carrying a > fake wren > on a stick, singing carols and playing musical instruments like > violins, > accordions, harmonicas and horns. They collect money 'for the > starving > wren', that of course they spend on themselves. Irish children put > out > sacks to receive presents from Santa rather than stockings and > leave > mince pies and a bottle of Guinness for him with the sack. > Margaret > >> Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:08:38 -0800 >> From: c_lion@purringfox.com >> To: seamusjames@yahoo.com; Beara-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [BEARA] Seasonal greetings. >> >> I keep lights in wreaths in all front windows but I have no idea why. >> Please tell me. >> Light in a window yes, see ablove >> Jan 6th, yes, and was my mother's birthday as well. The tree never came >> down until the Magi arrived. Very few here know this nor do they know >> the 12 days of Christmas other than the song. >> >> ~~C Sullivan >> >> --- On Sat, 12/13/08, seamus O'More <seamusjames@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> From: seamus O'More <seamusjames@yahoo.com> >> Subject: Re: [BEARA] Seasonal greetings. >> To: beara@rootsweb.com >> Date: Saturday, December 13, 2008, 12:06 PM >> >> Mo chara's >> D.V. means God willing. >> May everyone have a great season full of Gods love. >> Who still lights a red candle inside a holly wreath? >> Or a candle or light in the window? >> Do you still celebrate Jan 6th? >> Traditions taken with us to other parts of the world fades with time. >> What other Christmas tradition's did our Beara ancestors take with them? >> Seamus >> >> --- On Sat, 12/13/08, Riobard O'Dwyer >> <beararesearchodwyer@eircom.net> wrote: >> >> From: Riobard O'Dwyer <beararesearchodwyer@eircom.net> >> Subject: [BEARA] Seasonal greetings. >> To: beara@rootsweb.com >> Date: Saturday, December 13, 2008, 3:28 AM >> >> A very, very happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year to >> all those >> on the Beara List and to all their friends.Times may be a bit tough at >> the >> moment, but they won't always be like that. Keep the spirit up and >> battle >> on. >> This is the first time that Joan & myself will be all on our >> own for Christmas. Two of the lads will be on duty; one will be gone >> abroad for >> a few weeks; and the other and his family will be celebrating at home. >> But they >> will be back to us again shortly after Christmas D.V. >> At present I'm working on Glengarriff records. No rest for >> the >> wicked !! >> Have a lovely holiday. >> Best wishes, >> Riobard & Joan >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. >> We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. >> SPAMfighter has removed 1966 of my spam emails to date. >> Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len >> >> The Professional version does not have this message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > _________________________________________________________________ > You live life online. 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No I don't...that was back in the 50's and I must be honest...it was only for a short time...1/2 hour or so...We (in New England) would not dream of it now...not just because we may be afraid...but the cost of heating our home doesn't allow it...nice sentiment tho!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephanie Anderson" <spitfire_sh@hotmail.com> To: beara@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 7:13:55 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [BEARA] LIGHT IN THE WINDOW Do you still leave your door open?  I think it is a very nice sentiment, but I would be too afraid of being robbed blind.> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:05:22 +0000> From: ebsems3940@comcast.net> To: beara@rootsweb.com> Subject: [BEARA] LIGHT IN THE WINDOW> > > > Our custom was not only have a light in the window but to leave the door open on Christmas eve so that if someone needed a place they were welcome. Our mother always told us that it was in honor of the Holy Family as They did not find an open door nor a light in a window... > > > > > Subject: [BEARA] LIGHT IN THE WINDOW > > > > Window.  The story I was told and raised as a young one  about the light > > in > > the window was for the three wise men CASPAR, MELCHIOR and  BALTHZAR to > > follow > > to bring them to the baby Jesus.  They didn't get there  until the 6th of > > January and that day is known as little Christmas. That is  when you are > > supposed > > to exchange the gifts and presents The orthodox  Christians !  celebrate the > > little Christmas then. Well, anyway Mo  Chara's. > >    Merry Christmas to you and all your  love ones and a Happy and > > Prosperous > > New  Year.                                        as  always > > > > Danny the YANK > > > > > > **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, > > Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. The NEW > > AOL.com.(http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000019) > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.9.18/1848 - Release Date: > > 14/12/2008 12:28 > > > > > > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has r!  emoved 3256 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here : http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message > > >   > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message   ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Our custom was not only have a light in the window but to leave the door open on Christmas eve so that if someone needed a place they were welcome. Our mother always told us that it was in honor of the Holy Family as They did not find an open door nor a light in a window... Subject: [BEARA] LIGHT IN THE WINDOW > Window.  The story I was told and raised as a young one  about the light > in > the window was for the three wise men CASPAR, MELCHIOR and  BALTHZAR to > follow > to bring them to the baby Jesus.  They didn't get there  until the 6th of > January and that day is known as little Christmas. That is  when you are > supposed > to exchange the gifts and presents The orthodox  Christians celebrate the > little Christmas then. Well, anyway Mo  Chara's. >    Merry Christmas to you and all your  love ones and a Happy and > Prosperous > New  Year.                                        as  always > > Danny the YANK > > > **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, > Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. The NEW > AOL.com.(http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000019) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.9.18/1848 - Release Date: > 14/12/2008 12:28 > > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 3256 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message   ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The 6th of January is called the Epiphany and is the 12th day of Christmas. We were never allowed to take our Christmas tree down until then, nor take the creche down from the mantle. ~~C Sullivan --- On Sun, 12/14/08, DDannyboy332@aol.com <DDannyboy332@aol.com> wrote: From: DDannyboy332@aol.com <DDannyboy332@aol.com> Subject: [BEARA] LIGHT IN THE WINDOW To: Beara@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, December 14, 2008, 12:39 PM Window. The story I was told and raised as a young one about the light in the window was for the three wise men CASPAR, MELCHIOR and BALTHZAR to follow to bring them to the baby Jesus. They didn't get there until the 6th of January and that day is known as little Christmas. That is when you are supposed to exchange the gifts and presents The orthodox Christians celebrate the little Christmas then. Well, anyway Mo Chara's. Merry Christmas to you and all your love ones and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. as always Danny the YANK **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. The NEW AOL.com.(http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000019) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message