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From: William <>
Subject: Re: [RICHMOND] Update the Joshua Bailey Richmond Book?
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 00:33:09 -0800
In-Reply-To: <BAY8-F82EgLVAM3O0Mq000337c8@hotmail.com>


On Sunday, December 14, 2003, at 02:29 PM, Joanne Futrell wrote:
> Again I refer to JBR's Introduction, in which he gives credit for
> tracing our English ancestors to his nephew, Henry I. Richmond, Jr.,
> who "spent much time, in this country and in England, examining old
> wills and records..."

OK - I failed to notice that! Same source, be it correct or pure
fantasy.

> Updating JBR's book seems like a good idea - can you imagine how huge
> that would become? Best stick to those with current surname Richmond!

NO WAY!!! Current surname Richmond.... grrrr

Just because a grandmother or great grandmother was the Richmond
doesn't mean I'm less Richmond. Those still with the surname are just
as diluted from all the people they married.

Yes, it's a huge project! That's why I think it would take 10-15 years
without several dedicated searchers.

OK - I see your tongue has already been bitten. :)

On Sunday, December 14, 2003, at 11:33 PM, wrote:

> Mary 5 and Nathaniel 5 were 1st cousins and were married.
>
> Kathy in CA

You mean Third Cousins! Not first cousins.

> Re: [RICHMOND] Update the Joshua Bailey Richmond Book?

Well the updating would take some time and searching and a bit of
money. I've never done it, but I think you can buy unlimited time for
online searching of phone books, vital records, etc. And it would
require quite a few phone calls. But, thanks to technology they are
getting cheaper and cheaper.

Maybe the best bet would be to get a game plan together. Get a number
of volunteers to divide up the JBR book to bring it up to date. Or a
couple of us could do all the work, I suppose, if our phone
bills/internet search charges are subsidized by a common financial
pool. The time should be volunteer of course, but I mean the out of
pocket expenses. Too bad I didn't put aside money for this idea before
I lost most of it in Global Crossing and Enron! Anyway I wasn't
thinking genealogy at that time.

So I think we can update the JBR book to the 15,000 or more?
descendants living today. But it definitely will take some time. But
not an impossible goal.

William

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