If there are any SCRUGG or HUDSON names, I also would like a copy. Thanks, Ann -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Sharon Dean Lee" <sdlee1@cox.net> > I would love to have a book, Scotty. > > Sharon > > SDL > -----Original Message----- > From: gascreve-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gascreve-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Scotti3275@aol.com > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 7:48 PM > To: gascreve@rootsweb.com > 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