Since Pittsburgh was started by a group of Scotch-Irish perhaps we can get the Society to have a git t'gether here. I'm in. Judith Brown www.pafairtax.org   "We need true tax reform that will at least make a start toward restoring for our children the American dream that wealth is denied to no one, that each individual has the right to fly as high as his strength and ability will take him.” – Ronald Reagan   “The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded." --C. L. De Montesquieu -----Original Message----- From: Rob Hilliard [mailto:rth@mackinengineering.com] Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 3:31 PM To: Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [Sc-Ir] Re: Scotch-Irish-D Digest V05 #160 I'm in. But if we're having shorter meetings and longer parties after, I may be arriving a bit late. -----Original Message----- From: Linda Merle [mailto:merle@mail.fea.net] Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 3:07 PM To: Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [Sc-Ir] Re: Scotch-Irish-D Digest V05 #160 Hi Rob, Unfortunately Billy Kennedy is very good at popularizing but not good so good on facts. In one of his books he contradicts himself on one of my ancestors. However since I am writing a book, I can understand the difficulties of right hand knowing what the left is doing or knowing if what's on page 35 contradicts what's on page 256. It should be a clue that he doesn't use footnotes, making it impossible to trace back any thing he writes. >http://www.electricscotland.com/ They also got credibility problems. They are clearly Ferenghi. Don't use them in your footnotes if you want respect.... >Thanks for enlightening me and sorry for the red herring. It's unfortunate that we gotta remove the drek before we can find the gold in our pasts. Though the popularization of the Ulster Scot/Scotch-Irish <whatever> is nice, unfortunately it's produced a crop of the same junk. I wince a lot! The Scotch Irish Society is dedicated to maintaining high standards of scholarship, which is one reason I stick with them. They also have very good parties after their bi-annual conferences. I had to miss the last one. Since I'm moving to Pittsburgh, maybe we can start up a local chapter. Of course we'll have short meetings and longer parties, practicing for the next-post conference libation in two years. Linda Merle ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.fea.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.19/93 - Release Date: 9/8/2005