Hi Faith, This might help, look for this book by Peter Berresford Ellis: Celt and Saxon, The Struggle for Britian AD 410-937 FP 1993, RP 1995,6,9, ISBN 0 09473260 4 Quote verbatum: The situation in Britian was often confused. It was far from being the stable, peaceful Roman province so many writers like to imagine. The indigenous Celtic population, the Britions, had not entirely given up hope that one day they would be able to throw off the yolk of Rome......End qoute <perhaps something had been discovered since then> You could look also look on the web for references to "The Amesbury Archer" he was found in 2002. This would take you back to 2,400-2,200 BC and up to date thought on Brit.origins. Regards, Beryl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Faith Capnerhurst" <fcapnerhurst@msn.com> To: <warwick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 6:54 AM Subject: Re: [WAR] Origins > > Hi Listers, > > My daughter, Brittany, has been reading a thick book of English history, > and > she has asked me a question that I am not able to answer, so thought I > would > throw it out to you. While not dealing exclusively with Warwickshire > perhaps, it does deal with British origins. > >>From the book, A History Of England and the British Empire by Walter >>Phelps > Hall, my daughter read the following sentence: "The last of these early > invaders were the so-called Celts, the first of five conquerors--Celt > Roman > Saxon Dane and Norman--about whom there is some written knowledge." First > of all, we found this sentence to be a bit confusing--how could they be > the > last *and* the first? Does anyone know where the Celts came from? Are > they > Irish? Scots? Welsh? or English? or perhaps their blood flows in all > Britts' > veins? The book says that no one knows where they came from, but I > figured > since this was written in 1953 that perhaps something had been discovered > since then. Worth a try, right? > > Any input welcome. > > Regards, > > Faith Capnerhurst > On floodwatch in hopefully not too sunny Chilliwack, BC, Canada > > > > > > researching CAPNERHURST/CAPENHURST, CHADD, CARRINGTON, SMITH, CLARK(E) & > ALLEN > > > > > >>From: "Wendy Boland" <wendy.boland@bigpond.com> >>To: <warwick@rootsweb.com> >>Subject: [WAR] Latin lessons for the masochists amongst us! >>Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 11:14:54 +1000 >> >>Latin lessons for the masochists amongst us! >> >>G'day All. >> >>Do you remember how to conjugate a verb or did you flunk Latin as I did? >>amo amas amat - is about all I remember- sorry Mr Holland . >> >>I see the National Archives has a tutorial available online for those who >>wish to experience the torture they missed out on in High School! >> >>http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/latin/beginners/tutorial/default.htm >> >>There is also a course on Palaeography 1500 to 1800 >>http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/ >> >>That should keep you all very busy for the rest of June! >> >>There will be a twenty minute oral test and a 2 hour written examination >>at the end of this email <grin> >>Cheers >>Wendy >>Warwick List Admin. >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes >>in the subject and the body of the message > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live Hotmail. Now with better security, storage and features. > www.newhotmail.ca?icid=WLHMENCA149 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message