Hi Phyllis, I trust that you have now received Tony's email saying that there is no Baron Sherborne--that the line is extinct. Short-lived excitement! Oh Well! However, it is still a curious situation with young Byron claiming to be a Dutton heir! Only five more wills to go and I can claim to be a Dutton heir, too! [that is, if Lawson is correct] :-)) Carole ---------------------- Phyllis Ryerse wrote: > > COLIN's back! Yeaaaaaaaaa! > And now we have a BARON!! > Think I've died and gone to heaven! ;-)))))))) > > I remember last year about this time.....we had all those gorgeous pictures > from Colin and "the CHART!" What wonderful excitement! > > What terrific new "stuff" might this Baron come up with! > Guess he's not on the internet or he would have tripped over us a long time > ago. > > Tantalizing, indeed. > > Phyllis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carole Dutton Malisiak [mailto:malisiak@midohio.net] > Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 6:16 PM > To: DUTTON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Baron Sherborne > > Hello all, > > Yesterday, someone left this tantalizing message in my guestbook on my > home page. So, I asked Doug what he thought about it as he has been to > England before and perhaps would know if this were legitimate. Sometime > later, I thought, ask Colin, too--he lives there. He ought to know! > > After a long absence from our LIST (for personal reasons), I was > surprised that Colin responded. His investigative work is reported > below. > > ------------------------- > Forwarded to Colin > > <<<Dear Doug, > What do you make of this message left in my guestbook on my home page? > Does this seem like a legitimate address to you? Is this a hoax? Or is > this for real? Is there a Baron Sherborne? > > Name: BARON SHERBORNE > E-mail address: NONE > Homepage URL http://NONE? > Comments: I now head the Duttons of Sherborne not by blood but by title > and devotion. I am interested to hear from other Duttons as my family > are all but extinct. add: 45 Sherborne Cheltenham GLOS GL54 3DH ENGLAND > I have the largest collection of books and photographs in England. > tel/fax 01451 810860(england) Monday October 11th 1999 07:02:42 > > http://books.dreambook.com/dutton/second.html > > Carole>>> > ------------------ > <<<Hi Carole, > > As you have probably noticed I have been missing from any communications > for > quite some time, there have been several reasons, the two foremost being > that > > a) (snip) > b) I ...could not get my e-mail to work, after a few months of > messing around > I finally conceded and had to buy a new and faster modem and am now up > and > running, the trouble is that I now have 1400 e-mails to wade through!! > > Anyway, that's not what you wanted to hear. Thanks for the interesting > e-mail, I followed it up by looking on various internet search sites but > could find no reference to the address or telephone number under the > surname > of Dutton. The Sherborne branch of the family are refered to in the > 'Duttons of Dutton', this you already knew. So, I telephoned the number > and > chatted to a lady for some five or ten minutes and she confirmed that > the > message was quite correct and that her son (who was at work) has been > trying > to contact any Duttons. He is in fact a Dutton heir albeit but is > called > Byron Hadleigh and he has got a wealth of information, books, > photographs > etc, which he gained from his Grandmother (who is in her 90's). I will > call > him later and e-mail you with the results. > > Regards to you > > Colin > > p.s. you can flash this out on the rootsweb if you like.>>> > > Hmmmm. Now, I wonder what we might learn from Byron Hadleigh!!?? > > Carole