Gail Brown wrote: > > Although I believe that any topic related to people who lived in Rockingham > Co. is related to this mail list, I also understand that it is the > listowner's perogative to set the limits of discussion. Apparently, I wasn't clear. I agree. "Any topic related to people who lived in Rockingham Co. is related to this mail list." Another mail list, > probably more helpful than Northeast-L is the Scotch-Irish list at > Scotch-Irish-L-request@rootsweb.com I believe I said that, too (about NORTHEAST-ROOTS). Again, we agree. > I get very frustrated b/c there seems to be - still, after all these years - > a bias against any real discussion of this brave group of eary NH pioneers. > Maybe there are just not enough descendants researching this place and time > period. They were used by the earlier settlers as a buffer against the > Indians and today they are seem to be ignored. > > My ancestor, Robert CLARK, who came to Londonderry, Rockingham Co. NH, about > 1725 (according to Rev. Edward Parker's _History of Londonderry_), was a > weaver, as were many others of the Scots-Irish. Since flax weaving was a > vital industry in early NH, I would think that any discussion of the process > would definitely be on-topic. But, of course, I will defer to the > listowner's wishes. So as to make it clearer yet, the discussion about the English-German-French-Scot-Irish ancestors of Londonderry, and elsewhere in Rockingham county, regardless of where they were born or where they died, are ON-topic. What I'm asking is that we not start a string about those who moved on to other places, such as Casco Bay, Maine, without tying it in any way to Rockingham. I hope this clears up any misunderstanding of the point I was earlier trying to make. -- Dick Marston Owner: NHROCKIN mail list.