Terry, I do apologize for my lapse of memory--I do not really recall Judy's solution--a sign of old age, I guess! :) :) Do you know what this was about and what her solution was, please? Thank you very much. Shannah ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 5:52 AM Subject: [IP] Twiss - Bla(y)ney > Dear Shannah > > I am so sorry you had problems with the Irish Architecture site. I hope > Judy's solution worked for you. I was asleep when your messages came through, > otherwise I would have replied sooner - there is something like a 9-hour > difference in time zones between your Okanaga (B.C.) desert region and my > townland in the eastern fens. > > I also carelessly failed to respond quickly when you asked about the Twiss > origins. It would be unfortunate if you had great hopes of a dazzling answer > - all I can offer is little more instructive than the words of the good Hank > Jones (if you don't have that, by the way, I will gladly type it out for > you). > > I have been doing quite a bit of work on the 1709 passenger manifests and the > London lists lately and have dug out information that had not been sorted out > when Jones and O'Connor wrote their excellent books (to which we all refer > for support). One thing I do think, however, is that Mattys Tys of the 5th > Rotterdam crossing is wrongly recorded as Mattheus Thomas in London (the > children's ages match, more or less - although there is one missing > altogether...). If this is so, then your Twiss pathfinder was a husbandman & > vinedresser, aged 42 and an adherent of the Reformed Church. > > If not, well ... I could buy a gun. > > This afternoon (between Transcripts)I shall scrump the orchard and bottle > some plum relish, which is delicious with ham and eggs. It might seem a dumb > question, but is this the time of year for pickling and preserves in the > desert? (You are on about the same level as the southern Palatinate). > > Bye bye, Shannah > > Keep delving. If I can help more, please email me privately and if it's of > general interest, I can post the answer to the List. > > Terry > > > ==== IRL-PALATINE Mailing List ==== > Oh, man! There is no planet, sun, or star could HOLD you, > If you but knew what you are! -- Ralph Waldo Emerson > >