Scottie I too would love to have a copy, just let us know when they are ready, and the cost and Thanks So much, Dot > [Original Message] > From: Randy Scott <rscott@fdn.com> > To: <gascreve@rootsweb.com> > Date: 11/29/2007 11:37:16 PM > Subject: Re: [GASCREVE] Scott Family Book > > Cuz! You KNOW I'll buy a copy! My Scott line from your great "way back"'s brother should be ready early next year. Don't know if it will be in book or CD rom version. Our two books will show two zilliion in that lineage from our common ancestor, father of James, William and John Scott. now,...if they'd only left you and I a few thousand acres! ha Randy ----- Original Message ----- From: <Scotti3275@aol.com> To: <gascreve@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 7:48 PM Subject: [GASCREVE] Scott Family Book > Hi, Everyone. I'll not be able to post the Scott Family Book on the Screven > Website due to the number of living people listed in it. Not only would it > be just too much work to do so, but I personally feel that it leaves a "big > hole" in the compilation, and in many cases, almost renders the research > incomprehensible. Anyway, if anyone would like me to email them, just let me > know, and I'll send you one. I may also have my uncle, Bernard Brown, who owns a > Printing Shop to make around a hundred copies or so. Last year, he quoted > me a price of $11 per book for printing. Let me know what you think. Below > is the dedication page and introduction for A'Bellendaine! The Scotts of > Scriven. Scotty > > > > This compilation is dedicated to the memory > > of a truly gracious and selfless woman: > > > > > SANDRA SCOTT POPE > > 1939 - 2005 > > > > > A'BELLENDAINE! > > Perhaps the most outstanding, and numerous, of the great Border > Families of Scotland was that of Scott. Uchtred, son of Scot, lived in the first > half of the 12th century, and from his two sons the numerous Scott branches > began. The Scotts of Buccleuch, whose Dukedom dates from 1673, ended in Anne, > who married James, Duke of Monmouth, natural son of Charles II, who was > beheaded for rebelling against his uncle, James II. From this marriage comes the > line of the later Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry. From the line of Harden > originating in the 14th century, sprang one of Scotland���s greatest men: Sir > Walter Scott of Abbotsford. > Like their neighbours, the Scotts were turbulent, cunning, courageous, and > filled with energy. The gathering place of the Families in time of war was > Bellendean, on Borthwick Water. When the fierce cry of ���A Bellendaine!��� was > heard on the Border, men knew that the Scotts were ���out���. > > The above paragraphs are from the official Clan Scott tartan > advertisement, which was attached to a tie that I bought in St. Andrews, Scotland, > while I was on temporary duty at RAF Leuchars, Scotland in July 1983. Visiting > Scotland was a revelation to me; I���d always been interested in my family > roots, but this really fired my interest, and I then made an active effort to > learn more about my family. Now, at this time, I had been stationed at Bitburg > Air Base, Germany for two years, and still had three more years to go. I was > 29 years old, my father and all of my grandparents were dead, plus we had > been gone from Screven County for some 22 years. I cannot now remember how I > came to get in touch with Sandra Scott Pope, but I credit her with providing me > the inspiration to keep going. She mailed, all the way to Bitburg, a Scott > family book that she and Yvonne Powell Wells had done, and later a copy of > the Screven County History Book. Seeing all of these Scotts in print, after > only hearing about them over the years, was the final hook: I was caught by > genealogy. Also playing an important part in my development as a genealogist > was Lisa Johnson Brant Guidos, who sent me a picture of my > great-great-great-grandfather, Lorenzo ���Dow��� Scott. Seeing the image of someone who was born > in 1822 was simply astounding to me. Additionally, I want to thank two > cousins, Emerson Scott, for actually taking me to many of the old places > thereabouts in search of cemeteries and individual graves of family members, and > Margaret Scott Harley, for telling me about them. Margaret was born in 1916 at the > old Winfield Scott farm, and used to ride with her grandfather, ���Field���, > when he would go about in his horse and buggy; she was his ���ears���, as he was > almost completely deaf, and she would listen out for those infernal > contraptions called ���automobiles��� for him. Margaret is a wonderful storyteller, and > remembers many people of old Screven County. There are many other people who > made significant contributions to my research, but as this is a Scott > compilation, and I plan on doing other families as well, I will save these people > for their particular families. As this is a work in progress, if you note any > errors or omissions, please contact me with the corrections at > _scotti3275@aol.com_ (mailto:scotti3275@aol.com) . Thanks! > > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest > products. > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GASCREVE-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 GASCREVE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message