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See the unusual and unique handmade jewelry at www.barkingwaters.com Rusty Lang, Yellowfeather Choctaw-Web owner --- IT-INDIAN-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 > > IT-INDIAN-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 1 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [IT-INDIAN] Fwd: Reminder - Book s > [SandKatC@aol.com] > #2 [IT-INDIAN] THE USAGE OF MRS. WAY > [SandKatC@aol.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from IT-INDIAN-D, send a message to > > IT-INDIAN-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, > but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, > too. > > To contact the IT-INDIAN-D list administrator, send > mail to > IT-INDIAN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 > Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 16:48:59 EST > From: SandKatC@aol.com > To: IT-INDIAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IT-INDIAN] Fwd: Reminder - Book sale ends > Feb 28 > > --part1_70.7c6f0e5.27b9b44b_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > In a message dated 2/12/01 11:53:31 AM, ictp@aye.net > writes: > > << Folks - Just a reminder - My prepow-wow book > sale ends at the end of > February. > Terms were 15% off the cover price, with free > shipping for orders over $50. A > list of the books, all Indian related, over 300 > titles, was e-mailed out to > many > of you. If you need the list or more info, please > let me know. > > Jim Landmesser -- Indian Creek Trading > Post > 3165 Shiloh Road-SW, Corydon, IN > 47112 > \/ URL= http://members.aye.net/~ictp > E-mail= ictp@aye.net > I /\ C Phone: 812-738-1258 > //\\ Am.Indian/Nat.Am Music, Books, Craft > Supplies > <A HREF="http://members.aye.net/~ictp"> Click here > for Website</A> >> > > > --part1_70.7c6f0e5.27b9b44b_boundary > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Disposition: inline > > Return-Path: <ictp@aye.net> > Received: from rly-yb01.mx.aol.com > (rly-yb01.mail.aol.com [172.18.146.1]) by > air-yb03.mail.aol.com (v77_r1.21) with ESMTP; Mon, > 12 Feb 2001 14:53:31 -0500 > Received: from phoenix.aye.net (phoenixint2.aye.net > [198.7.192.21]) by rly-yb01.mx.aol.com (v77_r1.21) > with ESMTP; Mon, 12 Feb 2001 14:53:26 1900 > Received: (qmail 13009 invoked from network); 12 Feb > 2001 19:51:40 -0000 > Received: from dial2-192.aye.net (HELO ictp) > (198.7.196.192) > by phoenix.aye.net with SMTP; 12 Feb 2001 19:51:40 > -0000 > Message-ID: <00ab01c0952d$5c40ee40$edc507c6@ictp> > From: "Jim Landmesser" <ictp@aye.net> > To: "NDN BOOK FAN" <ICTP@AYE.NET> > Subject: Reminder - Book sale ends Feb 28 > Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 14:50:51 -0500 > Organization: Indian Creek Trading Post - Corydon IN > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="Windows-1252" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE > V5.00.2919.6600 > > Folks - Just a reminder - My prepow-wow book sale > ends at the end of February. > Terms were 15% off the cover price, with free > shipping for orders over $50. A > list of the books, all Indian related, over 300 > titles, was e-mailed out to many > of you. If you need the list or more info, please > let me know. > > Jim Landmesser -- Indian Creek Trading > Post > 3165 Shiloh Road-SW, Corydon, IN > 47112 > \/ URL= http://members.aye.net/~ictp > E-mail= ictp@aye.net > I /\ C Phone: 812-738-1258 > //\\ Am.Indian/Nat.Am Music, Books, Craft > Supplies > <A HREF="http://members.aye.net/~ictp"> Click here > for Website</A> > > > --part1_70.7c6f0e5.27b9b44b_boundary-- > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 > Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 23:15:06 EST > From: SandKatC@aol.com > To: IT-INDIAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IT-INDIAN] THE USAGE OF MRS. WAY BACK WHEN > > Hi All: > > I found the below of a great deal of interest and > asked the poster if I could > send it on as she has the copyright on rootsweb, by > sending it in. She said > to go for it! > > This will explain, in some cases, why we researchers > have not been able to > find the first husband of an old female relative. > > =============== > > Last week I noted the following entries in the > "History and Antiquities of the > County of Dorset."The three entries are found > together in Vol. II, on p. 20 > and are placed in an isolated listing with the title > "The Register of > Marriages begins 1539." > > These are transcripts from the Piddlehinton, Dorset > marriage register. The > entries are: > > Mr. Robert Swain and Mrs. Eleanor Churchill - 1656 > (year) > Mr. Henry Churchill and Mrs. Hannah Galler - 1661 > Mr. Henry Churchill and Mrs. Elizabeth Cheek - 1682 > > I have seen the Henry and Galler/Cheek marriages > from other sources but > without the use of Mr. for Henry. I had always > assumed that the use of Mrs. > simply indicated that Henry had married widows. > However, I knew that THIS > Eleanor Churchill WAS unmarried, so the use of > Mistress for Eleanor could not > be an > indicator of her marital status. > > After a bit of research and confirming queries from > individuals knowledgeable > on the subject, I discovered the true meaning of the > above entries. So others > don't jump to the same conclusions I initially made, > here is the meaning of > the > entries. > > In the 17th and 18th century Mrs. (a contraction of > Mistress) was a prefix > used > ONLY for unmarried ladies or girls. It was > equivalent to the modern use of > MISS but was applied only to gentlewomen, that is to > say women of gentry > class. > > The Oxford dictionary says about the use of Mrs: > > " Originally distinctive of a gentlewomen, the use > of the prefix has > gradually extended downwards; at the present time, > every married woman who > has no superior title is styled 'Mrs.' even though > her husband is of so > humble a > position as not ordinarily to be referred to as > 'Mr.'. . . " > > The use of Mr. indicates gentry status for the men. > Mr places them at the > social level immediately below a titled individual > and generally tells you > they were not titled -- but I understand that Mr > could be applied to a knight. > > The consensus from my queries is that John Hutchins, > the author of the > "History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset" > extracted the above three > marriage entries and placed them in an isolated > grouping simply to emphasize > that the families were prominent. A distinction > that escapes us today. > > The actual individual parish marriage entries would > have been written over > time by (probably) the rector(s). In their use of > Mr. and Mrs. the rectors > were > saying about each couple that they were of gentry > class and that the women > were never previously married. This intended > information about the martial > status of the women is in stark contrast to our > modern times. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/