Date sent: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 07:39:28 -0700 From: "Barbara Lewis" <lewisb@webpipe.net> To: DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Scot's good sense of humor! > Thought y'all might enjoy this: > > When I belonged to a genealogy group in North Little Rock, AR, one of our > members gave a report on her research visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. > She told a clerk at the archives that she was looking for births, > marriages and deaths. The clerk, with a twinkle in his eye, said, "We > call them "HATCHES, MATCHES, and DISPATCHES!" **** An old saw, that one, but still enjoyable! It was formerly used a lot for the newspaper announcements of births, marriages and deaths. I can remember my parents using the term in my childhood, and that was over half a century back! Gordon ****************************** Gordon Johnson, Aberdeen, Scotland. KinHelp - historical surname searches & genealogical services: http://www.web-ecosse.com/genes/genes2.htm Home page (+ Scottish material)- http://www.ifb.co.uk/~kinman/ ******************************