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From: Alice M. Beard< >
Subject: Re: Brethren in Ireland
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 20:13:54 PST


Lorena Eaker wrote in response to post I made
> Many of the 1709ers who made it to England did not make it to
>America due to lack of ships to transport the hordes. . . .
> The well known author, Hank Jones, has several books out on
>these 1709ers as well as other publications by other authors.

Hank Z JONES! That's it! He is fantastic! Great speaker, wonderful
scholar. If any of you get a chance to hear him speak, jump at the
chance. His genealogy is excellent; he works on "whole hoards" of
people, not just a family or two. He is producing some scholarly work
which we can all use for reference.

Has also been an actor of some substance. At his speech which I attended,
he told of how he moved from acting to genealogy. Something about having
just spent two weeks on genealogy, getting home and having a message
from his agent about a possible job in which he'd dress up in an animal
costume. He said, "Right there, I made my choice."

Alice Beard

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