Good to hear that your older ones are interested. Was at the Dr. the other day and heard a good discussion of genealogy between two elders, it was nice to hear. All the best, Edna - Ottawa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liz Lane" <liz_lane@ntlworld.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [Ham] Genealogy means ~~~ Ray, and Edna, Thanks for some thought-provoking discussion. Have had the Seven Sisters of Eve on top of my reading pile for a year now - must try harder! In our family, the 3 cousins who are family history folk are all the eldest of our families - so that's another theory disproved! Only 2 of us have children to pass all the history on to, too. Best wishes, Liz At 21:28 25/11/2005, you wrote: >Dear Edna, >Thank you very much for that. It is a complete expression of what we are >all >seeking. >Being 72, I saw that film as a youngster when it first came in the early >1940sto the silver screen. >I shall have to get the dvd of it out of the local library and view it >again. >I would not have thought that authors of that time (early 1940s film of the >book) had that insight into the 'chain' of humankind. >It is very topical in view of the research by Prof. Sykes of Oxford >University who has developed a means of tracing anyone's DNA back as far as >possible. He discovered by this means that the 'Ice Man' (5000 years in the >snows of the Alps) was related to one of his research assistants. It's all >in his book "The Seven Daughters of Eve", which I have out of the local >Library. > >Also, with regard to your 'Storytellers' e-mail, I have a feeling that it >is >usually the youngest of a family who pursues genealogy. I could be wrong, >but there tends to be that evidence near me. Elizabeth Lane Worthing West Sussex liz_lane@ntlworld.com ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== Parish Register transcriptions for some parishes are available on line at www.knightroots.co.uk - click "parish registers"