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Post by **AnneM** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 5:34 pm

Hi

I was deeply taken by this quote from the book Arthur and George by Julian Barnes. At this point in the story Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is dining with the chief constable and his wife (Mrs Anson), in the hope of persuading the chief constable to reopen a case in which there has been a miscarriage of justice. He has been waxing lyrical about the royalty and nobility on his family tree.

'One can but hope' repeated Mrs Anson. She herself was the daughter of a Mr G Miller of Brentry, Gloucestershire and had little curiousity about her distant ancestors. It seemed to her that if you paid an investigator to elaborate your family tree you would always end up being connected to some great family. Genealogical detectives did not, on the whole, send in bills attached to confirmation that you were descended from swineherds on one side of the family and pedlars on the other"

Lets hear it for the swineherds and pedlars!! They are all ours and if they had not got on with it and ensured the survival of their families we would not be here. When they had to get up and go, they got up and went!!

Anne

Post by **Jean Jeanie** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 6:11 pm

Well said, Anne =D> =D> =D>

Jean

chasward · Post by **chasward** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:46 pm

I totally agree Anne... but, see when they went... could they no huv jist pit a wee note oan the mantel shelf ??? jist 'nicking doon tae wee mrs McGlumphers... be back in a couple o' years or so !!!

Charlie

Post by **emanday** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:51 pm

Oh, how I wish some of mine had, Charlie