Thank you Dan. I will definitely check this out. Karen At 07:42 AM 9/9/98 -0700, you wrote: >Blackbeard has a web page, I dont know where I put the url, you might try >it in quotes in search engine. I will look for the one I have some place, >its the actual story of him. >Dan > >---------- >> From: Karen Bowles <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Blacksbeard the Pirate >> Date: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 10:14 AM >> >> Hey thanks!! >> >> Karen >> >> At 10:59 AM 9/8/98 -0500, you wrote: >> >His name was Edward Teach. "....Edward Teach, or Thatch, one of >> >history's cruelest pirates. He was known as Blackbeard. He wore >> >his long, black beard in braids. Blackbeard had a long and >> >prosperous career, working with the protection of Charles Eden, >> >governor of Carolina. In 1718, however, Lieut. Gov. Alexander >> >Spotswood of Virginia outfitted two sloops with crews and ordered >> >the sailors to put an end to Blackbeard. They encountered the >> >pirate, and Lieut. Robert Maynard killed him in the fight that >> >followed." >> > >> > >> >--------------------------------------------------------- >> >Excerpted from Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia >> >Copyright (c) 1994, 1995 Compton's NewMedia, Inc. All Rights >> >Reserved >> > >> > >> >Karen Bowles wrote: >> > >> >> Does anyone know Blackbeard's real name and where >> >> he came from? >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Karen >> >> >> >> ==== SURNAME-QUERY Mailing List ==== >> >> If not receiving messages, it may mean mail to your address >> >> has bounced. >> >> >> >> Please resubscribe... >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >==== SURNAME-QUERY Mailing List ==== >> >To unsubscribe from SURNAME-QUERY, send an e-mail message to: >> > [email protected] (for individual messages) >> > [email protected] (for Digest mode) >> >Subject: unsubscribe >> >In the body include only one word: unsubscribe >> >(Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> ==== SURNAME-QUERY Mailing List ==== >> Reminder! Please remove as much of the Original Message as possible when >> replying to a List Posting. Include only that part of the original >message >> important to your reply. >> >> >> > > >==== SURNAME-QUERY Mailing List ==== >APPROPRIATE SUBJECT LINES: > In an effort to provide meaningful Subject: lines in posts to the > SURNAME-QUERY List, the Listowner asks you to try to adhere to the > following format: > > SURNAME, First MI;dates;places > > An example would look like this: > > BROWNING, Arthur C.;1795-1876;PA>VA>OH > > Users of this SURNAME-QUERY List do not download every day in order > to read each of the hundreds of posts. They are looking for certain > SURNAMES, on which they are doing research, or are willing to help > others with research of said SURNAMES. Therefore, if you do not > provide meaningful Subject: lines, chances are good that your posts > will be deleted without having been read. > > Also, the accepted standard in conducting genealogy research via > the Internet/Web is to spell all SURNAMES in CAPS. > > > > > > >