This morning, for what seemed like the umpteenth time, I copied nearly three pages of text for a correspondent who asked what "being a freeman" meant in early Massachusetts Bay. I guess I'm slowly getting smarter, because this time I saved the text in a boilerplate message so that I can avoid retyping it in future. The explanatory text was copied from an article by Lucius Paige which ran in the New England Historic Genealogical Society's Register in 1849. If you'd like a copy, please email me offlist with an ALL-CAPS subject line of SEND FREEMEN'S OATH. Thanks, Chris