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From: "Ken Nelson" <>
Subject: Re: WILLIAMS
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 19:45:15 -0500
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England means anything the author wanted it to mean.=20
Growing up in Nebraska, England was some far off distant country. As =
such, I never learned that there was any difference between "England", =
Wales and Cornwall. Ireland was even just a country over there =
somewhere. As I research my family, I can tell that the people I am =
researching and their recorders were not much more geographically =
literate that I was/am. (I prefer to think I am now literate =
but...<VBG>) My g grandfather is thought to be from Cornwall, and he =
decclared on his citizenship declaration that he was from England. I =
suspect it did not make much difference to him except that he had to =
renounce his allegience to the English monarch. Or was it that he just =
did not wish to take the time to explain the difference to =
geographically illiterate beaureaucrats. <G>
-----Original Message-----
From: FAITH733 <>
To: <>
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 1998 7:42 AM
Subject: WILLIAMS
>Hi group,
> I have a death certificate for my ggrandfather that just states that =
his
>parents are unknown but both born in ENGLAND. His name is James =
WILLIAMS born
>in 1848. My question is, does England include Wales and Cornwall or =
just
>England?
> Thank you
>
>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#800080 face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D4>England =
means anything=20
the author wanted it to mean. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#800080 face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D4>Growing up =
in Nebraska,=20
England was some far off distant country. As such, I never learned that =
there=20
was any difference between "England", Wales and Cornwall. =
Ireland was=20
even just a country over there somewhere. As I research my family, I can =
tell=20
that the people I am researching and their recorders were not much more=20
geographically literate that I was/am. (I prefer to think I am now =
literate=20
but...<VBG>) My g grandfather is thought to be from Cornwall, and =
he=20
decclared on his citizenship declaration that he was from England. I =
suspect it=20
did not make much difference to him except that he had to renounce his=20
allegience to the English monarch. Or was it that he just did not wish =
to take=20
the time to explain the difference to geographically illiterate =
beaureaucrats.=20
<G></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: =
FAITH733 <<A=20
href=3D"mailto:"></A>><BR>To: <A=20
href=3D"mailto:"></A> <<A =
href=3D"mailto:"></A>><BR>=
Date:=20
Wednesday, March 25, 1998 7:42 AM<BR>Subject:=20
WILLIAMS<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>>Hi group,<BR>> I have a =
death=20
certificate for my ggrandfather that just states that his<BR>>parents =
are=20
unknown but both born in ENGLAND. His name is James WILLIAMS =
born<BR>>in=20
1848. My question is, does England include Wales and Cornwall or=20
just<BR>>England?<BR>> Thank =
you<BR>><BR>></BODY></HTML>
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