Dear All:
As you all know, Rootsweb is under a major reconstruction
and upgrading program. New servers are being installed etc.
>From time to time, there are problems accessing various parts
of the sites. Here is the latest information from Tim Pierce as
of last night. It looks like another week or so to finally get it all
done. The lists that he refers to is primarily the mailing lists
but also some of the search engines etc.
Should be faster, better etc when it's all done.
There are more details po
Dear David:
I'll ignore most of the message but there are a couple of
interesting items that need clarification.
> clearly a king's
> power is derived from the people, since (religious philosophy aside) the
> people - through force - can remove a bad leader .......like James.
This is definitely NOT the case. It was only after the "Declaration of
Arbroath"
in April 6 1320 following the Magna Carta that the idea of the King or any
ruler had power as given by the people. The case in point was recogn
Dear All:
A useful tool has been posted on the Burkes web site.
It allows you to relate the family or Clan name to
specific areas of Scotland. The Area map then
has a connection to some brief history and bio's of
the family that are contained in the Burkes registry.
This then provides an incentive to join the various
mailing lists here at Rootsweb for those specific
areas as well. The Scottish districts are listed
under the International section on the mailing list
index. There is also Clan mailing list