I have read that an Ordinary was a tavern/inn, often in the home of the owner. Many travelers stopped, from necessity, at homes of people they did not know asking to spend the night and for some food, so homeowners, tired of that, decided to charge. The guests ate what the family "ordinarily" ate. Thus the name "Ordinary". Bebe In a message dated 3/23/00 6:19:25 PM, [email protected] writes: <<The definition I have is out of a Dictionary published in 1875 and I agree with Jim that both will apply to the context of this word in my books. "James E. Hecht" wrote: > An ordinary is a tavern. More precisely, it is a place where 'ordinary' > people (ie, strangers, non-relatives, people without family connections) > could spend the night, dine, drink, etc. > > ---------- > > From: Betty & Eddie Collins <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [NCWARREN-L] New information on the Warren Co website > > Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 6:57 PM > > > > Ginger, very, very nice of you to donate that chapter. Only thing is it > > makes you want to read more. > > I have what is probably a stupid question, but here goes. What does it > mean > > to "keep an Ordinary"? Second question --what does searchers mean in > this > > context --"Ordered that John Ellington , Richard Coleman , and Peter > Coleman > > be searchers in Smith's District" > > > > Thanks again for your generosity. Betty > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: TeresaR <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Date: Sunday, March 19, 2000 9:54 PM > > Subject: [NCWARREN-L] New information on the Warren Co website > > > > > > >Hey guys. Ginger Christmas-Beattie has graciously donated the first > > chapter > > >of her new book for the Warren County USGenWeb website! I've got it up > and > > >running now. I saw an awful lot of "familiar" names in there, so don't > > miss > > >it! > > >http://www.lofthouse.com/warren/history/minutes.htm > > > > > >Make sure you let Ginger know how much you like her work,,, she'll be > > >publishing this soon, and I know we are ALL going to want to buy copies > of > > >it. <G> The specifics are on her website, on ordering her publications. > > > > > >Teresa's Den > > >http://www.maro.net/teresa/ > > >http://www.kimbell.org/shopping/ Your shopping extravaganza > > >'Everybody is born so they can learn how to live a good life, like > > >loving everybody and being nice, right? Well, animals already know > > >how to do that, so they don't have to stay as long.' - chicken soup for > > >the Pet Lover's Soul > > > > > > > > > > > >==== NCWARREN Mailing List ==== > > > > > >Welcome to the Brand New Warren County mailing list. Remember, send all > > queries to [email protected] And if you have any questions > concerning > > this list, contact me at [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== NCWARREN Mailing List ==== > > Welcome to the BRAND NEW Warren County mailing list! Here we discuss all > KINDS of neat things about Warren County NC Genealogy and History. Visit > the Warren County website at http://www.lofthouse.com/warren > > > > ==== NCWARREN Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the Warren County NC mailing list. Don't forget to post YOUR Warren County links on our Links page at http://www.lofthouse.com/warren/links.html Here you can find our free-for-all links linking you to the MANY Warren County sites, or family related sites, on the web. ==== NCWARREN Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the Warren County list, send email to [email protected] with UNSUBSCRIBE in the text area. If you have any questions, contact me at [email protected] ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-yb05.mx.aol.com (rly-yb05.mail.aol.com [172.18.146.5]) by air-yb04.mail.aol.com (v70.20) with ESMTP; Thu, 23 Mar 2000 18:19:24 -0500 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.30]) by rly-yb05.mx.aol.com (v70.21) with ESMTP; Thu, 23 Mar 2000 18:18:42 -0500 Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA14488; Thu, 23 Mar 2000 15:17:41 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 15:17:41 -0800 (PST) X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Thu Mar 23 15:17:40 2000 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 15:13:28 -0800 From: Ginger Christmas-Beattie <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Organization: Ancestral Tracks X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en]C-CCK-MCD {TLC;RETAIL} (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCWARREN-L] New information on the Warren Co website References: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/1129 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] >>