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. > > >