Haviong noted in a recent Wilmer Kerns posting that 2004 is Hampshire County's 250th year ... Gee, what's 250? 100 is a centennial, 200 is a bicentennial, 150 is a sequicentennial - what's 250? I actually thought this was during 2003 and that I'd missed it. Any juicy details? I might like to come visit Mr. Cool Breeze again if the town's gonna do something interesting. (Hiram Pickering, b c 1803, lived in Hampshire County from sometime between then and 1840 until at least 1856; Joseph Pickering, b there c 1841, lived there until about 1861. Joseph was my great-great grandfather.) Researching these 8 greats: Pickering-Snyder-Roach-Teegardin-Hodges-Evans-Kantner-Shifflet + these contributing Pickering/Snyder lines: Orndorff-Kinsey-Beall And, of course, many more! Peruse our entire GEDCOM at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~kpickering ONWARD AND BACKWARD! Kurt Pickering, IBSSG La Vergne, TN _________________________________________________________________ Grab our best dial-up Internet access offer: 6 months @$9.95/month. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup

It's the Bisesquicentennial, which is probably why no one ever uses it <smile>. --- Kurt Pickering <pickeringenealogist_pickering@hotmail.com> wrote: > Haviong noted in a recent Wilmer Kerns posting > that 2004 is Hampshire > County's 250th year ... > > Gee, what's 250? 100 is a centennial, 200 is a > bicentennial, 150 is a > sequicentennial - what's 250? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/