Jay has made a good point. Including race and nationality would make it much more efficient when sorting out information about a family name as common as DEAN. In my research, I have also been screening for religion and counrty of origin. My line were Protestants. Most of the DEANS who settled in this area were Irish Catholics. So when I scan the censuses, I don't follow-up on any of those families. As for country of origin, I am continually fascinated that the American DEANS rarely trace back to pre-immigration documents in the British Isles ( where I assume all the DEANS originally came from). My DEAN research has taken me back to the mid-1700's in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England. Although there is a chance that they immigrated from Ireland to England, including Irish DEANS in my research at this point would be too confusing. What do you think about these suggestions? Heather P.S. I am looking for relatives of JOSHUA HARDISTY DEAN Keighley, West Yorkshire- approx. 1750 to 1850. -----Original Message----- From: Jay <jthill@inreach.com> To: DEAN-L@rootsweb.com <DEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 7:32 PM Subject: Another Suggestion >I have been on this family list for awhile now and I have seen suggestions >come and go but, one I haven't seen yet is about race or nationality. While >it is great that we help one another like this I think it would also benefit >to put the race in your requests. I know I'm not saying this right. But if >I'm tracing a John Doe and see another one show up with some of the same >names I think great. Then I start running the names down and find out its >for a black John Doe. > > Also I know that most of you like myself is running a direct line with not >too much time spent on Aunts, Uncles, Brothers, Sisters....ETC. So I am >sure that some of the requests for info could be for the Aunts, Uncles, >Brothers, Sisters.....ETC. that we pass by. > >Jay > > >==== DEAN Mailing List ==== >For help with the DEAN surname mailing list visit: >http://www.mcn.net/~hmscook/roots/dean.html >Remember to support RootsWeb. >