Dear List: In the spirit of Thanksgiving, thank you for the discussion of traditions on this list. If we use the words "Family Historians" instead of "Genealogists", then asking about traditions is entirely acceptable, entertaining and useful to me and maybe others. I never know just what it is that will give me a chink in the brick wall. I, for one, get bored with just listing the constant "begats" and prefer Family History with all the background. Happy Thanksgiving to those in the colonies, and greetings to fellow listers elsewhere, Elaine Allen Researching Rev. Gov George Walker, Londonderry, Ulster Andrew and Alexander Walker, Londonderry, NH

Hi List , There is nothing wrong wanting to have traditions, recipes info etc. as long as its not over-the-top off-topic. In genealogy, we have a) primary documents e.g. vitals b) secondary data e.g. census c) verbal info passed-down & d) generically applicable info e.g. recipes, traditions etc. It is d), the generic info that is so often the off topic offender and these aspects are not going to establish your ancestors true identity. Only the higher level data, especially the primary docu., for the 18-19th centuries will begin to differentiate Scotch-Irish (S/I) from Ulster-Scot (U/S) etc. Again, even more so, we can have 30,000+ mail list (this is good), if we do not presently have a "S/I Traditions" and even a "U/S Traditions" list etc. Actually, only 16-17th century docu./data will differentiate S/I & U/S and we all know that is even less likely / available. Walt ----- Original Message ----- From: <Captallen@aol.com> To: <Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 6:48 PM Subject: [Sc-Ir] Asking for Traditions > Dear List: > > In the spirit of Thanksgiving, thank you for the discussion of traditions on > this list. If we use the words "Family Historians" instead of "Genealogists", > then asking about traditions is entirely acceptable, entertaining and useful > to me and maybe others. I never know just what it is that will give me a > chink in the brick wall. > > I, for one, get bored with just listing the constant "begats" and prefer > Family History with all the background. > > Happy Thanksgiving to those in the colonies, and greetings to fellow listers > elsewhere, > > Elaine Allen > Researching Rev. Gov George Walker, Londonderry, Ulster > Andrew and Alexander Walker, Londonderry, NH > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.7/180 - Release Date: 11/23/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.7/180 - Release Date: 11/23/2005

I actually use my "delete" key if I happen to not like the subject on one of my e-mail groups I subscribe to, or if the subject doesn't pertain to me. Nancy McFarland Hi List , There is nothing wrong wanting to have traditions, recipes info etc. as long as its not over-the-top off-topic. In genealogy, we have a) primary documents e.g. vitals b) secondary data e.g. census c) verbal info passed-down & d) generically applicable info e.g. recipes, traditions etc. It is d), the generic info that is so often the off topic offender and these aspects are not going to establish your ancestors true identity. Only the higher level data, especially the primary docu., for the 18-19th centuries will begin to differentiate Scotch-Irish (S/I) from Ulster-Scot (U/S) etc. Again, even more so, we can have 30,000+ mail list (this is good), if we do not presently have a "S/I Traditions" and even a "U/S Traditions" list etc. Actually, only 16-17th century docu./data will differentiate S/I & U/S and we all know that is even less likely / available. Walt