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From: rleutner <>
Subject: Re: Richard Swan
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 01:10:13 -0600 (CST)


Hi all,

I have some cash in my pocket and a little curiosity and would
be happy to take a shot at this if nobody else has hopped to
it in the last couple weeks. Mary, am I right this should be
findable under "South Cave, Yorkshire?" Do you have any more
specific place identification in case it would be useful in
finding precisely the right film, or is this just the usual
opaque sort of IGI reference?

To judge by what has surfaced from IGI and then microfilm
followups in connection with the Great Migration project, I'd
guess that there is still a lot of very nice material like
what Mary is pointing us to yet to be gathered regarding our
Rowley folk. No, "guess" is a weak sort of verb--the recent
TENNEY article in the Register is a good example of what
probably can be done for a lot of other families.

Bob Leutner
Iowa City IA


On Sat, 28 Feb 1998, MRS MARY H COLE wrote:

> Four items covered
>
> There may be a problem on Beterissa (sp?) - the information I
> received was that the record was faded and hard to read. I might
> have mistaken a death for a marriage. I am very glad Bob Leutner
> caught this. I will try to check further.
>
> The marriage of Richard Swanne & Anna Spofford - The IGI says Feb
> 1622 as I have said - someone should check the original records to
> get more information. It has been filmed by LDS. The original
> record not the IGI record should be checked
>
> I feel strongly Richard of Rowley did not have a son Richard. If he
> did his birth was in Mass. after his his father moved to Rowley.
> There is no evidence such a man existed.
>
> I just found that there was a Spofford family in early Rowley, Ma. I
> wonder if they are from South Cave Parish and perhaps related to Anna
> (Spofford) Swan/Swanne?
>
> Mary Cole
>
>

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