I'd be glad to try this also, Linda.  I'm not professional editor, but I've done a lot of reading through the years, and I'd be glad to try whichever you wish. Carol ________________________________ From: Karen <KarenHart@maine.rr.com> To: scotch-irish@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 8:26 AM Subject: Re: [S-I] Volunteers to read a chapter in a book? I would be delilghtedly happy to read a chapter or so and to provide feedback. Thanks, Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: <lmerle@comcast.net> To: <scotch-irish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 4:16 PM Subject: [S-I] Volunteers to read a chapter in a book? > Hi folks, > > Is anyone willing to read about 40 pages, a chapter in a book, and give > some frank feedback on the logic? It involves colonial Virginian families. > The situation is familiar: there were 3 brothers who manifested in VA > about 1770 and later moved to TN. No one has ever found any proof of their > origins though various theories have been put forth. My task was to sort > through it all, figure out what was probable and what wasn't, and to > figure out where they came from. To accomplish this I vacuumed up a lot of > data and then analyzed it (the hard part). > > The theories were that they 1. came down from PA where there were several > colonial families with the same surname (disproved), 2. descended from a > Maryland family originating with a Scotsman who came about 1600 -- DNA > disproved it though I also have a huge amount of circumstantial evidence > also disproving it. The Marylander is the likely origin of a prominent > (west) Virginian family. 3. came from North Carolina -- mainly because the > first land grants were issued by NC because TN was part of NC. Disproven > because they were in VA (as we can prove) and the grant wasn't for > military service and no men with their name served in NC during the > Revolution. I mention this because this is referred to in the chapter at > hand. Once I had disproven the family as the origin of the 3 bros the > family is abandoned since we couldn't afford to do trace everyone in > Virgina (it felt that way) -- but there's still a lot of info on some > families. > > The part that needs another set of eyes is a chapter on "Other Virginia > Families". It contains info showing that the 3 bros do not descend from > them. It has two things in it: short histories of Virginia lineages and > proof that they are not the origin of the 3 bros. These include the Cyrus > McCormick family in Rockford Co VA (fathered by Cumberland Co, PA > McCormick family), Micaiah McCormack, his father Wm, uncles and brothers, > in Bedford Co, VA and other VA counties (intermarried with the Wrights and > later moved west to I think Indiana....) , Joseph McCarmack of the > Northern Neck (probably moved to KY after Rev), and Dr. John McCormick of > the Berkeley Co area who left Ulster about 1600 and had a huge number of > sons and gsons who settled all over. Also a McCamie family that was in > (old) Bedford Co and also later moved to eastern TN. Then a collection of > records that cannot be assigned to anyone without more data, largely > military (both VA and federal), which an explanation of ! > why I can't assign them to one of the known groupings. > > So this chapter is very dense and likely to produce extreme sleepiness > unless you are actually interested in these folk or have had experience > editing boring material. It's very analytical. We'd like someone else to > try to find holes in the logic rather than just edit the sentences or > complain about the grammar or spelling. Both of which need work but are > easy to fix compared with staying alert long enough to find logic errors > on page 35!! > > Eventually the raw data will be available on a website but if a family > interests you perhaps I can share some now. I just can't stop working on > the book to organize my sources right now or the book'll never get done. > You can also follow up on the footnotes. All info should be footnoted - - > but I got a data file too. If I make an allegation with no footnote or > proof then that's a red flag. The first 3 pages are probably good but > fatigue sets in rapidly..... > > Time period is colonial Virginia so people familiar with colonial research > (who can spot mistakes) preferred. > > Anyone out there crazy enough to volunteer? > > Thanks in advance, > > Linda Merle > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCOTCH-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCOTCH-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message