Again, I think it's a matter of your perspective... If you live in Virginia, as I have for the last 25 years, you tend to hear WAY more about Jamestown and its ships (the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery), than you ever do about Plymouth and the Mayflower -- even in this "Thanksgiving season"! In fact, my experience has been that "If it didn't happen here, we don't care!" is the general "attitude" of many of the local libraries and other places where one might reasonably expect to do genealogical or historical research (and perhaps having to do with people who settled in ALL parts of this country too...in fact, my main research interest right now happens to be Oklahoma Territory, and there's REALLY not much to be found locally on that place!)! OK then... Happy Thanksgiving to all! :-) Kathy Fenton Virginia Beach, VA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janean " <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 5:00 PM Subject: Re: [MFLR] Jamestown comment >I mean in general - not this list, not specifically...... All I meant is the > Mayflower has basically, for a lack of a better phrase, been in the > limelight. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Kathy Fenton > Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 2:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MFLR] Jamestown comment > > Actually, you may think that because this is the Mayflower list, not the > Jamestown one! :-) > > However (although this is not the venue to promote it...), Jamestown IS > getting quite a lot of attention right now, as we are > only a few weeks from 2007 -- the 400th anniversary of the settlement of > Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in > North America (in fact, Jamestown is called by many "the birthplace of > America" for that very reason...)! > > If anyone is interested in Jamestown in general, or the statewide events > surrounding this year-long "birthday party" (among > them a viewing of one of the original copies of the Magna Carta, right here > in Virginia Beach, in fact...), there are many > ways to find out about them -- even just a Google search will do it! For > starters, however, try this website: > > http://www.historyisfun.org/jamestown/jamestown.cfm > > Kathy > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Kathy Fenton > Virginia Beach, VA > (Descendant of Alden/Mullins, Brewster, Doty, Edward Fuller, Hopkins, > Howland/Tilley, Rogers, Samson, and Standish) > > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/e/n/K-Fenton/index.html > > Recycle yourself! Tell someone you want to be an organ and tissue donor! > http://save7lives.org > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janean " <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 2:34 PM > Subject: [MFLR] Jamestown comment > > >> You are so right. Their hardships and deaths were no less than the >> Mayflower passengers... more so maybe as they lost more people. But they >> don't get the recognition for anything now do they? Except for maybe the >> Jamestown ancestors. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of HopeStanley >> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 2:25 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [MFLR] my 2 cents on Mayflower Movie... >> >> No not the Mayflower, but yes three ships brought the first English to >> Virginia in 1607. They settled in what they called Jamestown, on the > river >> they called the James. They suffered the same hardships and fears that > our >> Northern cousins went through. We are having our 100th anv. all of next >> year, from Jan till Dec. Come and join the fun. >> Hope >> >> -------Original Message------- >> >> From: [email protected] >> Date: 11/20/06 14:14:03 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [MFLR] my 2 cents on Mayflower Movie... >> >> It was extraordinary! I'm going to order the DVD. Somebody > mentioned >> why English people referred to America long before the Pilgrims.... >> >> I'm a bit nieve and new to this subject, however, didn't people come over >> here before the Mayflower and landed, who settled in Jamestown, > Virginia? >> >> I lived in Portsmouth, Virginia Beach and Norfolk Virginia before I got >> interested in genealogy, and the people of Virginia told me that they had >> claim >> to the first settlement in Jamestown. >> >> I'm a bit confused. Thank you for anybody willing to take the time to >> help >> me figure this history out. did the Mayflower make her first trip to >> Virginia years before. >> >> -D >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.7/538 - Release Date: 11/18/2006 >> >> . >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >