Thanks to all who answered my question about a "blind pig". Now another question ( I really have to start going to bed earlier instead of doing all this research ;-) ). The date...1923..William S McDonald ..a three sticker schooner...???? I know ships have to be registered etc. but somehow I don't think that this is what this term is referring to. Can anyone help?? Cheers from sunny but cool Ont. Elaine "Genealogy Without Documentation is Fiction"

Hi Elaine: A schooner normally is two-masted but can be three-masted, so I expect it refers to the number of masts. Has anyone ever heard of a four-masted schooner? -----Bob H----- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine English" <aries18@sympatico.ca> To: <Nova-Scotia-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 2:10 PM Subject: [NS-L] Three sticker schooner > Thanks to all who answered my question about a "blind pig". > Now another question ( I really have to start going to bed earlier instead > of doing all this research ;-) ). > > The date...1923..William S McDonald ..a three sticker schooner...???? > > I know ships have to be registered etc. but somehow I don't think that > this is what this term is referring to. > Can anyone help?? > > Cheers from sunny but cool Ont. > > Elaine > > "Genealogy Without Documentation is Fiction" > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-D-request@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOVA-SCOTIA-request@rootsweb.com 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: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/780 - Release Date: 4/29/2007 > 6:30 AM > >

Elaine, I'm quite sure that "three sticker" means that the schooner had three masts (masts were commonly called sticks). A schooner is a vessel in which all masts are of the same height and which are rigged with fore-and-aft sails. While the typical schooner has two masts (as did the famous "Bluenose"), schooners have been built with up to seven masts (and possibly more). Hope this is of some help. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine English" <aries18@sympatico.ca> To: <Nova-Scotia-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 2:10 PM Subject: [NS-L] Three sticker schooner > Thanks to all who answered my question about a "blind pig". > Now another question ( I really have to start going to bed earlier > instead of doing all this research ;-) ). > > The date...1923..William S McDonald ..a three sticker schooner...???? > > I know ships have to be registered etc. but somehow I don't think that > this is what this term is referring to. > Can anyone help?? > > Cheers from sunny but cool Ont. > > Elaine > > "Genealogy Without Documentation is Fiction" > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-D-request@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOVA-SCOTIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Elaine, et al. This may site be helpful. http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/schooners/ Three masters were very common in these parts. John Elaine English wrote: > Thanks to all who answered my question about a "blind pig". > Now another question ( I really have to start going to bed earlier instead of doing all this research ;-) ). > > The date...1923..William S McDonald ..a three sticker schooner...???? > > I know ships have to be registered etc. but somehow I don't think that this is what this term is referring to. > Can anyone help?? > > Cheers from sunny but cool Ont. > > Elaine > > "Genealogy Without Documentation is Fiction" > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-D-request@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOVA-SCOTIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >