Hi... Thanks for your response. Perhaps a bit of clarification is required. My personal position is that I am, as an "Irish" Strong, interested in researching first, my own genealogy, which is a problem because of the infamous Four Courts Fire which occurred in Dublin, Ireland in 1922. Secondly, I am interested in the overall concept of tracing ALL Strong(e)/Strang(e) genealogy back as far as possible. It is my personal belief that the surnames involved EVOLVED from the Breton-Norman surname "leStrange", which was carried to England from France with the troops of William the Conquerer in 1066 AD. There are vast possibilities for variations within that theme, and a few questions will point up some of them... 1) How did the name get to Scotland, where it generally devolves Strang->Strange->Strong? 2) How to explain the Strang(e)s of Denmark and Sweden... were they also derivatives from leStrange? 3) Can we document "name-change" events which show evolution of the name from leStrange -> Strange -> Stronge -> Strong? 4) How can we trace the names "back" across the oceans from America/Canada/Australia/New Zealand/Africa/India/Europe to England and France? You will note that if my interpretation is correct, Strange is the "senior" of the names Strong or Strange... BUT it is junior to leStrange! However, I am NOT inclined to engage in silly games of "one-up-manship". It doesn't matter who is senior. What does matter is that we cooperate to trace the genealogy involved. It is a massive undertaking. Just because the Strong-List was started by a "Strong" doesn't make the List or the Strong Genealogy Network devoted primarily to "Strong" vs leStrange vs Strang or Strange. It is up to the individual members of the list to set out their genealogy, their research info and theories, and to persue discussion. Frankly, I don't know anything about Lot or Marey Strange. But, I hope that you will not become discouraged by lack of input from others at the moment.... Keep bringing up your interests... sooner or later someone will hopefully make a connection which will help you and indirectly help us all. One suggestion.... Now that John R. Mayer is no longer with us, I urge all "Strange" researchers to try to exert a bit of extra effort to help steer that area of the research. Take John's "Extraneus" and build on it! It is what John would have wanted, and indeed, he gave us all a great gift in compiling and recording all of the information contained in the Extraneus series of books.... That was one of his goals, to give us all something to build on! Indirectly, the foregoing discussion underlines the need for the Strong-List and the Strong Genealogical Network. We all need to cooperate in the research. The list and network give us some structure for doing so... Let us each do our part to keep it operating smoothly! Thanks, David B. "Dave" Strong Email: [email protected] Website, "Researching Strong(e)s and Strang(e)s in Britain & Ireland" http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/7530 ************************************************************ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 5:29 PM Subject: STRANGE >Hello David, I just finished reading and absorbing your message "Position >Paper: Strong Genealogical Network and Rootsweb Strong-List". Your message >is most informative and I thank you and everyone mentioned for your combined >efforts. > >As a point of clarification, I signed onto the Stronge rootsweb in hopes of >learning more of my direct ancestor Marey Strange. I am under the impression >there are a lot more Strongs than Stranges on this list but I remain listed in >the event more information on Strange appears. Also, I have seen some >discrepancies on the Strong Gen Forum relative to Lot Strange. I have also >noticed in most work that Marey Strange is listed as "Mary" with a couple of >references as "Marcy". One reference I have researched listed her as "Marey" >which prompted me to get the original record from the Town of Freetown Birth >record page 108 (transcription follows). After reading the original record >and comparing to olde English, I interpret Mary as Marey and not Marcy. It is >certainly not "Mary". I have also given Keith Hume (Chase/Hume lineage a >certified copy). I would like further discussion of my interpretation and >hope my contribution will help fellow Strong/Strange researchers. Elizabeth >Lanord (Beth) > >Lot Strange the first of Freetown was born ye March 4th, 1699 Hannah Strange >the wife of the sd Lot Strange was born February 24th, 1701 Lot Strange the >Son of the above sd Lot Strange and Hannah wife was born May the 10th, 1720 >Philip Strange daughter of the above sd parent was born October ye 2th, 1722 >John Strange was born Februry the 25th, 1724 Marey Strange was born November >the 14th 1725 Abigail Strange was born September ye 24 year 1727 Jacob >Strange was born January ye 3th 1729 Mallatiah Strange was born September ye >24th 1732 Joseph Strange was born Jananery ye 3th 1729 and cesed this life >May ye 6th 1730 Johnanah Strange was born August the 10th 1734 > >The first mentioned Lot Strange died June the 6th 1786 in the 88th year of his >age > >Lot Strange ye 3rd son of Lot Strange ye 2d and Abigail his wife was born in >February ye 27th 1745 > > >==== STRONG Mailing List ==== >======================================================== >THE STRONG GENEALOGY NETWORK web site: >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/5744/ > >Register of Strong ancestors, by location. >Links to websites with Strong data (GEDCOM to HTML) >==========================================================