A Very Good Day to All - Sitting on the side at the moment but Elizabeth's family anecdote is so apt all too often - or is it? I have exactly the same type of things that I would like to pass on to my family but when there is little interest what does one do? Sorry if this is getting a bit OFF subject but my library collection of Genealogical and Historical books and records it seems, will be consigned to a records office somewhere which may or may not be the best place. One set of records at a library I have explored and re-indexed has since become SO dilapidated through miss-handling. Some are missing and the many hard years of research by a parish clerk almost come to naught. Ah! Well - such is life I suppose - Still waiting for me Op! But the recent flurry of "Blacks & Thirds Etc;" has bucked me up no end - Thank you all very much for the mass of information. Kind Regards as usual - Roy & June Cox www.btinternet.com/~roy.cox/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth Atherton [mailto:elizabeth.atherton@biscituk.com] Sent: 26 October 2004 10:53 To: OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OEL] thirds - the other two I feel lucky to have my heirloom teaset - although not valuable in monetary terms, its family history makes it priceless to me. I don't have a daughter to leave it to, but luckily my (female) cousin has a daughter who also has a daughter, so I can see the tradition carrying on. And the teaset is intact. My husband's great grandmother was Norwegian and had some beautiful Norwegian silver tableware which was split and shared between female descendants. Now each great great grandaughter has one spoon. .. Elizabeth Atherton ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== OLD-ENGLISH Web Page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/