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From: "Tony Hoskins" <>
Subject: Re: Ghost of Lady Witham-Jopson-Bolles
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:22:45 -0800


"I'm sure it is useful. But it's not medieval!"

Not directly, true. But this could be said superficially for much most
of what is discussed here. It's a matter of differentiating the utterly
tangential from the potentially useful, it seems to me. And, I think
"useful" applies to brief mentions of (for instance) 17th century Brits
in America with hitherto unknown or only-beginning-to-be-realized
ancient ancestries - whereby things rapidly and directly become
certifiably "medieval".

Anthony Hoskins
History, Genealogy and Archives Librarian
History and Genealogy Library
Sonoma County Library
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Santa Rosa, California 95404

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