I would like a copy. ($11) Nora Acton -----Original Message----- From: Ann Parkinson <pas47pap@yahoo.com> To: gascreve@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 9:42 pm Subject: Re: [GASCREVE] Scott Family Book Likewise, Scottie...you're a Prince to even offer it! Thank you so much, nn Parkinson ouston, TX as47pap@yahoo.com --- Carole Drexel <drexel410@att.net> wrote: > Scotti, You KNOW I'd like a book <g>. Carole Drexel410@att.net -----Original Message----- From: gascreve-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gascreve-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nan Ready Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 7:26 PM To: gascreve@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GASCREVE] Scott Family Book Scotty, Add my name to your list I would also love a copy!!! Your have been a blessing and help to so many of the rest of us. Another Big thank you!!! And where is your family Christmas story? thanks, Nan Scotti3275@aol.com wrote: > 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) . 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