I am thinking of upgrading my Family Tree Maker to the 2014 version. Have any researchers who have tried it had any problems? I have too much research to lose it now. You may email direct so we don't clog the list. Voyager(plus number eighty-seven)@gmail dot com Thank you for reading Michael Paton

For what it's worth, I have v. 2011 which I never installed as there were too many complaints about it being posted online.  The v. 2012 is supposed to be excellent.  I am not familiar with the more recent versions.   Cliff. From: michael paton <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 2:47 PM Subject: [Lanark] Family tree maker 2014 I am thinking of upgrading my Family Tree Maker to the 2014 version. Have any researchers who have tried it had any problems? I have too much research to lose it now. You may email direct so we don't clog the list. Voyager(plus number eighty-seven)@gmail dot com Thank you for reading Michael Paton   ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as [email protected] You may contact the List Admin at [email protected] or click on the following link to the list information page online:  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- 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

FYI. Maisie http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/research/economicsocialhistory/historymedicine/scottishwayofbirthanddeath/introduction/

Thought you might appreciate the humour! For the Down Under Group. Subject: FW: Spin Doctors The reason why Public Relations personnel are so highly paid ..... to twist the truth and yet not lie !!! THE KIWI SPIN DOCTORS No matter what side of the political fence you're on, THIS is FUNNY ! It just depends on how you look at the things. Heather English is a retired school teacher now living in Invercargill, she has been an avid amateur genealogy researcher for about 35 years, whilst doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that her great-great uncle, Arthur English, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Melbourne in 1889. Both Heather and her cousin, (Finance Minister, Bill English) share this common ancestor. The only known photograph of Arthur shows him standing on the gallows at the Melbourne Gaol. During her research, Heather obtained the old photograph, on the back of that picture is this inscription: 'Arthur English, horse thief, sent to Melbourne Gaol 1885, escaped 1887, robbed the Melbourne-Geelong train six times. Caught by Victoria Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.' Heather recently e-mailed Finance Minister Bill English explaining her interest in Geneology and asking for any information that he may have regarding their great-great uncle, Arthur. Believe it or not, Bill English's staff sent back the following biographical sketch for her genealogy research: "Arthur English was famous in Victoria (Australia) during the mid to late 1800s. His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets and intimate dealings with the Melbourne-Geelong Railway. Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government service, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the Railway. In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Victoria Police Force. In 1889, Arthur passed away during an important civic function held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed..” l ► -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3408 / Virus Database: 3222/6686 - Release Date: 09/20/13

Hi Maisie and All My father died nine years ago and it was an awful job going through all his stuff. I swore I'd never leave anything like that for people to clear up when I go. In the meantime I have tried several things. One was to dispose of something every day, either to give away to charity etc, or to dump it. I should have tried 10 things per day and I'm not a hoarder. I also look at things and judge whether I'd take it if I moved. This January I realised that since my father died nine years ago I had religiously filed all my accounts and I was building up a large cupboard full of lever arch files. It took me all month to shred most of it. In the midst of this I saw that the rail in my large built in wardrobe was wonky. I had to remove all the clothes to replace the rail. I donated a third, threw out a third and put the remaining third back in the wardrobe. Haven't missed anything but it's building up again. I'm still building up "stuff". I'm still trying. Good luck to all Ella Ross ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maisie Egger" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 12:14 PM Subject: [Lanark] Gut the dump, now! > Today I feel like wearing black crepe from head to toe as I “cremated” my > “paper family.” > > Younger daughter came to help me gut the joint then huffed and puffed > about why her father needed 16 paints of trousers, some as old as tea, but > he wouldn’t let her put them on the yard sale pile! However, there was no > sentimentality at all when she plopped two big plastic tubs at my feet > with a no nonsense look about her that I needed to start gleaning some of > my family bits and dabs. > > It ‘killed”me to get rid of my comfort zone items, some dated from the > 1960s. Chucked out were beautiful Christmas cards and greetings cards > that I didn’t have the heart to dispose of in years past, but it was much > easier to do than go through myriad letters from friends and relatives. > How difficult it was to throw letters of many years ago when relatives and > friends had little children and to realise now that they are adults, and > married, neber mind other passages of time with illnesses and deaths. > > In all the piles of “dedritus,” I found only a couple of family genealogy > gems, and then a letter from a relative which had me screaming in > laughter, with tears running down my cheeks, remembering our son about 10 > or so wakening our guests up by blowing on his bugle too early in the > morning! He likely got a good talking to, but looking back on it now I > laughed till the tears ran. > > My Glasgow aunt, up in her years, had written about her father’s layabout > brother, so as all the players are dead, I can add that anecdote to the > journal. I then found a letter from my father’s Paisley/Glasgow cousin > once removed who filled me in on his tree, and confirmed that his cousin > once removed in Castle Douglas had been a butcher at one time. His > grandfather, a blacksmith, apparently had had the biggest funeral Castle > Douglas had ever seen. > > There were a few other little gems to add to the family tree, but after I > re-read everything, I had to make the very hard decision to consign them > to the heap to be disposed of...paper recycling. > > I have other big tubs to go through, then more closets and boxes. > > The realisation finally hit me that my children have no idea who most of > the people are, so it would be left to them to dispose of everything upon > my departure...the only thing my younger one wanted is the nice > comfortable couch in the “pit.” What a nerve! She’ll just have to wait! > > Moral of the story...if you have encumbered yourself with all this > “stuff,” be tough with yourself and find another comfort zone...dispose > of it before it begins to take over the house! > > Maisie > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message. Be sure the reply to address shows as [email protected] > > You may contact the List Admin at [email protected] or click on > the following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > 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

John You can't necessarily rely on the information in marriage registrations. My Great Grandparents both gave the wrong names for one of their parents on their 1876 marriage registration. My Great Grandfather's mother was entered as Janet FOWLIS instead of Janet HEPBURN (FOWLIS was her mother's maiden name). My Great Grandmother's father was entered as Donald WALLACE instead of James WALLACE. She had an uncle named Donald WALLACE but James Wallace was the name on her death registration and the name of her father in censuses etc. As Ken says in his response, the only solution is to try to get as many other records as you can. Rhoda -----Original Message----- From: John & Yvonne McDonald Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 6:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Lanark] Parents name Problem I hope someone can help me clarify my problem, as I am sure that other researchers have encountered the same problems. In February 1882 Thomas Crilly married Catherine Begen and witnessed by James Graham and Bridget Clark. They both gave their address as Peter Street Priv. Ho., Irvine, Dundonald Ayrshire. His parents Michael Crilly and Alice Milligan on his marriage extract. Thomas Crilly and Helen Milligan on his death extract. Her parents Thomas Begen and Bridget Clark on her marriage extract. John Begen and Bridget S------- on her death extract.

All I can say Ken, is that I seem to have a lot of brothers and sisters around the globe who appear to have had a similar upbringing in saving every mortal thing Over and above those I was born with :-) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 18/09/2013 17:00, Ken wrote: > Nivard, are you my long-lost twin brother?? > > Ken Harrison > North Vancouver, Canada

Hi Maisie If saved correctly in digital form, ie with a sensible title/name etc it is far more efficient to keep on a computer than in paper form I have oodles of stuff on my father and grandfather, notes are kept in PAF on each and the various records, newspapers clips, scanned items, ephemera, pictures etc are kept in a folder for each Now like paper its not foolproof, like paper it can be a pain when you file something in the wrong place, but correctly named you can find it with ease in seconds, rather than the sometimes hours I have spent looking for something "that I just know is there" in paper form My own system is not perfect by any means, like all humans I make mistakes but rarely do I have to consult the many folders of paper notes and records I have, as I scanned the vast majority, and am very glad I did Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 18/09/2013 17:04, Maisie Egger wrote: > Such an easy solution, Ella. When I first began receiving acknowledgments > for gifts via e-mail I used to be mightily irked, for after all I had > physically gone to the store to purchase a gift, card, etc., and why > couldn't the recipient acknowledgment such in kind. but now, much as I > dislike this e-format, it certainly reduces the paper clutter. > > I have many genealogy "facts" saved on the external drive, but then I just > read in the paper that such as an e.d. and memory sticks have a > comparatively short life before they become defunct. My adult > granddaughter found a binder on the floor (!) with my early genealogy

There is much in what you say I am the product of two who were born just before the first world war and then went through the second with a young family getting bigger all the time My mother never threw a thing out, empty match boxes, washing liquid bottles, brown paper and string etc etc, even spent matches At Christmas if the present was wrapped at all the paper was opened very carefully and flattened out and folded and put away for the next year in a cracker box These lessons are hard to forget Unlike todays throw away society, they buy something, use it and then discard it Its hard to watch as it goes against the grain <g> Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 18/09/2013 15:48, [email protected] wrote: > could be, many of us are Adult Children of the Depression & have clung to > things FOREVER! A lesson learnt very early in life. > > Ruth

John, As was suggested earlier, I would tend to accept the parents' names given on the earliest record, presumably given by the principals themselves (assuming they had no reason to lie in order to hide something). So I would accept Michael & Alice as Thomas's parents. Who was the informant on Thomas's death certificate? Regardless of who it was, they were less likely to know than Thomas would have been (again allowing for the possibility of a lie). Same comments and questions regarding Catherine. The only thing that seems reliable is that her mother was a Bridget. Was Bridget a widow in 1882? The principals sometimes told fibs, sometimes they did not know or did not hear the question clearly (Irish vs Scottish accents?), often the clerk did not hear properly or transcribed his notes incorrectly when he later filled in the form. Or dozens of other possibilities... Try to get as many other records as you can, from censuses, deaths of parents, births of children, newspaper announcements, etc, etc and then try to eliminate the most spurious "facts". Bon Chance !! Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John & Yvonne McDonald Sent: 17-Sep-13 10:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Lanark] Parents name Problem In February 1882 Thomas Crilly married Catherine Begen and witnessed by James Graham and Bridget Clark. They both gave their address as Peter Street Priv. Ho., Irvine, Dundonald Ayrshire. His parents Michael Crilly and Alice Milligan on his marriage extract. Thomas Crilly and Helen Milligan on his death extract. Her parents Thomas Begen and Bridget Clark on her marriage extract. John Begen and Bridget S------- on her death extract. When researching the 1881 Census for Peter Street Priv. Ho. There is a Bridget Clark married to a Thomas Clark, with a son James Clark. I can't find either a Thomas Crilly or Catherine Begen at this address on this Census. All the participants were born in Ireland and normally I would think that the parents name given on the marriage extract is correct, but: Could it be Bridget Clark the witness, was recorded incorrectly as Catherine's mother. (my assumption) Or is Bridget S------really Catherine's mother and John instead of Thomas as her father. John, Pitt Meadows, BC, Canada ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as [email protected] You may contact the List Admin at [email protected] or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- 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

Such an easy solution, Ella. When I first began receiving acknowledgments for gifts via e-mail I used to be mightily irked, for after all I had physically gone to the store to purchase a gift, card, etc., and why couldn't the recipient acknowledgment such in kind. but now, much as I dislike this e-format, it certainly reduces the paper clutter. I have many genealogy "facts" saved on the external drive, but then I just read in the paper that such as an e.d. and memory sticks have a comparatively short life before they become defunct. My adult granddaughter found a binder on the floor (!) with my early genealogy foraging where I recorded family facts using paper worksheet records. Such was a goldmine to her as the information was right by her hand and she didn't have to turn on the computer, find where the records were kept, etc., even if she'd known where to look. This is one of the reasons why I really like paper rather than digital records as one cannot beat such easy access. The price to pay is where to keep all this "stuff." I'll try to follow your advice, Ella, by disposing of something every day, especially where paper records are concerned, my bugaboo. Maisie From: Ella Ross Subject: Re: [Lanark] Gut the dump, now! Hi Maisie and All My father died nine years ago and it was an awful job going through all his stuff. I swore I'd never leave anything like that for people to clear up when I go. In the meantime I have tried several things. One was to dispose of something every day, either to give away to charity etc, or to dump it. I should have tried 10 things per day and I'm not a hoarder. I also look at things and judge whether I'd take it if I moved. This January I realised that since my father died nine years ago I had religiously filed all my accounts and I was building up a large cupboard full of lever arch files. It took me all month to shred most of it. In the midst of this I saw that the rail in my large built in wardrobe was wonky. I had to remove all the clothes to replace the rail. I donated a third, threw out a third and put the remaining third back in the wardrobe. Haven't missed anything but it's building up again. I'm still building up "stuff". I'm still trying. Good luck to all Ella Ross

Nivard, are you my long-lost twin brother?? Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington Sent: 18-Sep-13 8:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Lanark] Our Purging Problem There is much in what you say I am the product of two who were born just before the first world war and then went through the second with a young family getting bigger all the time My mother never threw a thing out, empty match boxes, washing liquid bottles, brown paper and string etc etc, even spent matches At Christmas if the present was wrapped at all the paper was opened very carefully and flattened out and folded and put away for the next year in a cracker box These lessons are hard to forget Unlike todays throw away society, they buy something, use it and then discard it Its hard to watch as it goes against the grain <g> Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 18/09/2013 15:48, [email protected] wrote: > could be, many of us are Adult Children of the Depression & have clung to > things FOREVER! A lesson learnt very early in life. > > Ruth ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as [email protected] You may contact the List Admin at [email protected] or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- 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

could be, many of us are Adult Children of the Depression & have clung to things FOREVER! A lesson learnt very early in life. Ruth

Hi Don I thought Edwards post was direct to me so I replied off list With respect Don, an all in one printer will do a sort of a job for you if you do it bit by bit, but to scan a large amount of paperwork you need something (or someone :-) a little more competent Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 17/09/2013 20:12, [email protected] wrote: > Get an All In One printer - Scan, Copy, Print and if you need it Fax > > I have a HP Photo Smart Plus printer and it takes care of what needs to > be done. > > Don > > > edward paxton Tuesday, September 17, 2013 4:49 AM > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Gut the dump, now! OR another way :-) > > OT > > My scanner is the slowest on the planet! Any recommendations for a FAST > one? > > BW > > Edward > > > >

I have an HP 1300 series Photosmart too,they're good ones. ..but I also have a Flip Pal scanner as well..my wife wouldn't let me take a photo out of a large group of photos she has in a frame..so I used the Flip Pal to scan it in the frame and it turned out quite well.You can take the Flip Pal anywhere with you and scan relatives photos.It saves to an SD Card and then you can down load to your computer. Frank McGonigal Ont.Canada.!!!!!!!!!! > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:12:58 -0400 > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Gut the dump, now! OR another way :-) > > Get an All In One printer - Scan, Copy, Print and if you need it Fax > > I have a HP Photo Smart Plus printer and it takes care of what needs to be > done. > > Don > > > edward paxton Tuesday, September 17, 2013 4:49 AM > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Gut the dump, now! OR another way :-) > > OT > > My scanner is the slowest on the planet! Any recommendations for a FAST one? > > BW > > Edward > > > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as [email protected] > > You may contact the List Admin at [email protected] or click on the following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > 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

Get an All In One printer - Scan, Copy, Print and if you need it Fax I have a HP Photo Smart Plus printer and it takes care of what needs to be done. Don edward paxton Tuesday, September 17, 2013 4:49 AM Subject: Re: [Lanark] Gut the dump, now! OR another way :-) OT My scanner is the slowest on the planet! Any recommendations for a FAST one? BW Edward

Hello Maisie, I know exactly how you are feeling. One part of me is sorry, the other is admiration in that you have been able to dispose of items surplus to requirements. I should do the same but haven't been able to do so yet! Best Wishes, John in New Zealand

Is there a Local History Centre, Museum, or Library in your area, before you throw out your letters and photos etc. They may like these. Letters are often read on Canadian Broadcasting or CBC. > Message: 2 > > Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:14:46 -0700 > > From: "Maisie Egger" ca > [email protected]> > Subject: [Lanark] Gut the dump, now! > > To: [email protected] > otsweb.com> > Message-ID: [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > Today I feel like wearing black crepe from head to toe as I ?cremated? my > ?paper family.? > > > Younger daughter came to help me gut the joint then huffed and puffed about > why her father needed 16 paints of trousers, some as old as tea, but he > wouldn?t let her put them on the yard sale pile! However, there was no > sentimentality at all when she plopped two big plastic tubs at my feet with > a no nonsense look about her that I needed to start gleaning some of my > family bits and dabs. > > > It ?killed?me to get rid of my comfort zone items, some dated from the > 1960s. Chucked out were beautiful Christmas cards and greetings cards that > I didn?t have the heart to dispose of in years past, but it was much easier > to do than go through myriad letters from friends and relatives. How > difficult it was to throw letters of many years ago when relatives and > friends had little children and to realise now that they are adults, and > married, neber mind other passages of time with illnesses and deaths. > > > In all the piles of ?dedritus,? I found only a couple of family genealogy > gems, and then a letter from a relative which had me screaming in laughter, > with tears running down my cheeks, remembering our son about 10 or so > wakening our guests up by blowing on his bugle too early in the morning! > He likely got a good talking to, but looking back on it now I laughed till > the tears ran. > > > My Glasgow aunt, up in her years, had written about her father?s layabout > brother, so as all the players are dead, I can add that anecdote to the > journal. I then found a letter from my father?s Paisley/Glasgow cousin > once removed who filled me in on his tree, and confirmed that his cousin > once removed in Castle Douglas had been a butcher at one time. His > grandfather, a blacksmith, apparently had had the biggest funeral Castle > Douglas had ever seen. > > > There were a few other little gems to add to the family tree, but after I > re-read everything, I had to make the very hard decision to consign them to > the heap to be disposed of...paper recycling. > > > I have other big tubs to go through, then more closets and boxes. > > > > The realisation finally hit me that my children have no idea who most of > the people are, so it would be left to them to dispose of everything upon > my departure...the only thing my younger one wanted is the nice comfortable > couch in the ?pit.? What a nerve! She?ll just have to wait! > > > Moral of the story...if you have encumbered yourself with all this ?stuff,? > be tough with yourself and find another comfort zone...dispose of it before > it begins to take over the house! > > > Maisie > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:28:32 +1200 > > From: "Jean & John Johnston" [email protected] > xtra.co.nz> > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Gut the dump, now! > > To: "Maisie Egger" ca > [email protected]>, [email protected] > otsweb.com> > Message-ID: [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > > reply-type=original > > > > Hello Maisie, > > I know exactly how you are feeling. One part of me is sorry, the other is > > admiration in that you have been able to dispose of items surplus to > > requirements. > > I should do the same but haven't been able to do so yet! > > Best Wishes, > > John in New Zealand > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > To contact the LANARK list administrator, send an email to > > LAN > [email protected] > > > To post a message to the LANARK mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > otsweb.com. > > > __________________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to L > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > > > > End of LANARK Digest, Vol 8, Issue 154 > > ************************************** > > > > > >

John, Always take the marriage info over death record info. Usually, by the time someone dies, there are few people left who know the correct names of people they never knew or hadn't seen since their own childhoods. Jo-Ann Croft On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 1:27 PM, John & Yvonne McDonald <[email protected]>wrote: > I hope someone can help me clarify my problem, as I am sure that other > researchers have encountered the same problems. > > > > In February 1882 Thomas Crilly married Catherine Begen and witnessed by > James Graham and Bridget Clark. > > They both gave their address as Peter Street Priv. Ho., Irvine, Dundonald > Ayrshire. > > > > His parents Michael Crilly and Alice Milligan on his marriage extract. > > Thomas Crilly and Helen Milligan on his death extract. > > > > Her parents Thomas Begen and Bridget Clark on her marriage extract. > > John Begen and Bridget S------- on her death extract. > > > > When researching the 1881 Census for Peter Street Priv. Ho. > > > > There is a Bridget Clark married to a Thomas Clark, with a son James Clark. > > I can't find either a Thomas Crilly or Catherine Begen at this address on > this Census. > > > > All the participants were born in Ireland and normally I would think that > the parents name given on the marriage extract is correct, but: > > > > Could it be Bridget Clark the witness, was recorded incorrectly as > Catherine's mother. (my assumption) > > Or is Bridget S------really Catherine's mother and John instead of Thomas > as > her father. > > > > Any assistance or ideas that anyone can give me would be greatly > appreciated, as I continuously keep returning to this dilemma. > > Thank you in advance, > > John, Pitt Meadows, BC, Canada > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message. Be sure the reply to address shows as [email protected] > > You may contact the List Admin at [email protected] or click on > the following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Lanark lister Marc Archer is a new daddy! Congratulations, Marc. “On Wed., Sept. 11, were born my children, James Howat Archer and Phama Reeta Archer. James: 5 lb., 7 oz., 18 1/2 , b. 8:17 P.M. Phama: 4 lb., 7oz., 16 1/2 long, b. 8:22 P.M. Adorable and healthy, if undersized. Hope to leave hospital soon as they are now gaining in weight. I have a room in the hospital, and the babies are in the room with me, and I do all the feeding and changing. We are bonding, and the precious souls have struck a cord in my heart.” James’s middle name Howat is a family name on Marc’s tree and is quite common in Scotland. It’s the diminutive of Hugh, so to read more about the Howat name, go to http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Howat Marc and I had a discussion about the little baby Phama’s name, which is a “coined” version of Phemia – Euphemia, which is a wonderful old-fahsioned name. In Scotland, Euphemia was oftentimes shortened to either Effie or Phemia (pronounced as in Famie). It is of Greek origin, I believe. “St. Euphemia is a widely-venerated saint among all Eastern Orthodox Christians, not only for her virginity and martyrdom, but also for her strengthening of the Orthodox Faith, and her feast days are celebrated with special solemnity. Churches in her honor have been erected all over the Christian world.” All the best to the Archer parents...infusing more Scottish “blood” into the mix! Maisie