Dear Sharon, Thanks. Spelling was one area where my education never "took". You are absolutely right. I am grateful that there are spellers out there who look over my shoulder and usually keep me out of trouble. Spell check only helps when you make up a word, not use the wrong one. Thanks Bob Meek -----Original Message----- From: Sharon Worthey [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 10:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MO-CW] Succession vs Secession Not to be a pain - but "succession" is in a monarchy where one king "succeeds" another. "Secession" is what happened in the South when the states chose to "secede" from the Union. I'm not particularly enjoying the current discourse, but thought I'd make sure we're at least all talking the same English language while we debate our heritage. (I'm a Yank descended from a Missouri CW vet who supposedly also served the Union as a spy in the Southern rebel camps - married to a devout Rebel who still insists the South will rise again - with nothing to do with slavery issues, but strictly a territorial thing.) ==== MO-CW Mailing List ==== "The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war." William Tecumseh Sherman ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237