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From: Carol Montrose <>
Subject: Re: Brethren in Ireland
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 09:12:46 -0400 (EDT)


On Mon, 2 Jun 1997, Alice M. Beard wrote:

> 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
>

Don't forget his books: Psycic Roots and More Psycic Roots sp?
I was on Unsolved Mysteries with him because of the article I wrote.

Carol

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