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From: Deborah L Jeans <>
Subject: [NFLD-LAB] Re: ngb_info Opinions about 2 Newfoundland Books
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 16:16:51 -0330
In-Reply-To: <3FA52C92.7090800@sympatico.ca>


At 11:10 AM 02/11/2003 -0500, Michael Cooper wrote:
>Soe Longe As There Comes Noe Women by W Gordon Handcock
>A History of Newfoundland From The English Colonial and Foreign Records by
>Judge DW Prowse (originally printed 1895).

Recommend both very highly but if I had to chose one over the other I would
buy Handcock's book.

I find it a bit easier to read plus Handcock delves into the emigrant
patterns much more and he provides the sources of his material.



Debbie Jeans, CG(C)
Certified Genealogist (Canada)
St.John's, Newfoundland

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