Barb, Always good to hear from you, however, this is willheit, not richtmeyer. Don Sent from my iPhone On Jul 26, 2010, at 2:17 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Don, > > You will want to read BC's subsequent book that he wrote several > years after The Holtzclaw Genealogy, Ancestry and Descendants of the > Nassau Siegen Immigrants to Virginia, 1714-1750. He corrects errors > and does give many more sources, though not all of them! > > Barb Price > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Rightmyer, Don (Historical Society" <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:12:46 > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: [GERMANNA] Revised Germanna Histories > > I've been jumping in and out on the Germanna Colonies Listserv > archives. > What a gold mine of exchange and discussion. > > > > I hope those of you who have been on here awhile will forgive me as > the > "new guy" for interposing here and there. > > > > I would like to throw my support to those who were discussing revising > and updating the Germanna Record volumes rather than just reprinting > them. As a Holtzclaw descendant, I shudder as I go through B. C. > Holtclaw's "The Genealogy of the Holtzclaw Family" because there is > not > documentation to substantiate anything. I would love to hear from > anyone who can 'bring me up to date" but it appears to me that B. C. > Holtzclaw was a very well respected genealogical researcher and > writer, > but the reader of his book today has no way of knowing where any of > these statements of genealogical fact came from. > > > > Admittedly, I have been on the Germanna Web site off and on, but > being a > brand-new member, have not gone through it with a fine-toothed comb to > gather all of the current news and updates. I would love to see a > bibliographic essay on Germanna genealogical works that would expose > us > to the broad collection of materials and highlight some of the more > recent scholarship and research in the various Germanna families in > the > last few decades. > > > > I am like unto a sponge so I'm more than glad for anyone to > enlighten me > so I'll be much smarter on what's been published, what's being > updated, > and what's planned for the future. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > > > Don Rightmyer > > Editor, Kentucky Ancestors > > Kentucky Historical Society > > 100 W. Broadway > > Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931 > > Email: [email protected] > > Phone: (502) 564-1792 X4435 > > > > If you refer to a Germanna descendant, include a link to your on- > line data. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > If you refer to a Germanna descendant, include a link to your on- > line data. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message