This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.
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26173 | BASIL BURTON VANDEVER,( 108), son of John Vandever,( 26), was born May 4, 1848; married Feb. 7, 18--, Florence Emma Cruea(?). |
26173 | FRANCIS(? |
26173 | JESSIE(? |
26173 | May 4, 1848; m. Florence E. Gruea(?). |
26173 | SHADRACH BURTON VANDEVER,( 109), son of Joshua Vandever,( 26), was born July 4, 1853(? |
36966 | M. N. Olmstead, from Acts xxvi, 8,--"Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you that God should raise the dead?" |
36966 | My father asked her,"Is all well?" |
36966 | My mother asked,"Where is my little Annie?" |
36966 | My uncle scarcely ever came home without the inquiry,"Where is the dear boy?" |
36966 | Some years later an improvement(?) |
58212 | In the summer of 1781, the Earl of Chesterfield having been some time absent from court, was asked by the King where he had been so long? 58212 ''Ah,''said the King,''is that Lovett of Liscombe? 58212 His son(?) 58212 On the other hand, notices of eight_ new peers?_"will be found in the present volume, four of which also occurred in the second edition. |
58212 | Sir Gilbert Lyndesey(?) |
58212 | They are of the genuine old Norman breed, how happens it that they are not baronets? |
58212 | would they accept the title? |
37340 | ( 1107- 1174)? |
37340 | 1 All ready? |
37340 | 2 All ready? |
37340 | 3 All ready? |
37340 | 4 All ready? |
37340 | 5 All ready? |
37340 | And here''s to the country we live in, my lads; It is here we have struggled and thriven, my lads? |
37340 | God bless it, May Beauty And Duty Possess it-- Are you ready? |
37340 | Indeed the question is,"Where are they not?" |
37340 | What think you of a Fraser-- Sir Alexander of Philorth-- who in the 16th century built a grand University? |
37340 | When the sentinel demanded,_ a quel regiment_? |
37340 | Whence derived? |
37340 | Who does not know Fraser''s Magazine? |
37340 | [ Illustration: MRS. GEORGINA FRASER NEWHALL]"The Frasers of Stratherrick, where are they?" |
37520 | (_ Gild_, value?) |
37520 | (_ Lat_, terrible,? |
37520 | (_ Log_,_ loh_, clean? |
37520 | ), Yem(?). |
37520 | And yet who ever heard, excepting in books, of a dog being called Tray, a word which conveys no meaning whatever to an English ear? |
37520 | Bilo? |
37520 | Can the two words,_ haugr_ and_ hlau_(_ how_, and_ hlow_), be from the same origin, the one assuming, or the other dropping an_ l_? |
37520 | Can there be any connection, I venture to inquire, between these ancient names, Celtic or Teutonic, and the Roman Gaius and Caius? |
37520 | Cenesingas[31]{ Kenzinga Kenzingen,} in Baden}....._ Chance?_{ Gensingen Gensungen,} Hess. |
37520 | Clukas( for Cludkis?). |
37520 | Enright(= Enrat?). |
37520 | Him(? |
37520 | Laua Lauanham Lavenham Suffolk Lauing Lauingtun Barlavington Sussex Lamb( Danish?) |
37520 | May not this be a Frisian form? |
37520 | Or Cissa( Chissa) for, as I suppose, Gisa, which would be apparently in conformity with a Frisian form? |
37520 | SNOAD, SNODIN, SNOWDEN(? |
37520 | Seaxlingas Saxlinga.........._ Satchell?_ Sceardingas Scardinga Bavaria.....{_ Scard_,_ Scarth_. |
37520 | The name Spegen, corresponding with our Spain, occurs in the_ Liber Vitæ_ more than once-- Is its aspirated form due to the Northumbrian dialect? |
37520 | The question now to be considered is-- what is the value of these various forms in_ ingas_,_ inga_, and_ ingen_, in England and in Germany? |
37520 | The question now to consider is-- What is the value and meaning of this vowel- ending, which was only given to simple names and never to compounds? |
37520 | Was it by literary intuition that Scott pitched upon such a name for the jester, or did he know of its supposed meaning of"paunchey"? |
37520 | What then is the origin, and what is the meaning, of the name? |
37520 | Whence for instance could come such a form as Cwichelm for Wighelm, apparently a rather strongly marked Frankish form? |
37520 | Who has not heard, in verse or in prose, of the"poor dog_ Tray_"? |
37520 | _ Angel_, signifying"hook, barb"(?). |
37520 | _ Arkwright_(?). |
37520 | _ Compounds._(_ Had_, war? |
37520 | _ Curwen_? |
37520 | _ Eddiker_? |
37520 | _ Heaven? |
37520 | _ Landlord?__ Laith_,_ let_,"terrible." |
37520 | _ Oldacre_(?). |
37520 | _ Wad_,_ Wat_,"to go,"in the sense of activity? |
37520 | _ Will_, in the sense of"resolution"? |
37520 | _ lærdr_( larad? |
37520 | but what better origin can we have,"I can fancy the reader saying at starting,"than our own word''gay'', French_ gai_?" |
39284 | Anything else? |
39284 | Boy or girl, eh? |
39284 | What name? |
39284 | With what face can they object to the king the bringing in of forraigners, when themselves entertaine such an army of Hebrewes? |
39284 | --_Anatomy of Melancholy._"Be the jacks fair within, the jills fair without, the carpets laid, and everything in order?" |
39284 | But was it gratitude, after all? |
39284 | But what else do we see in these same registers? |
39284 | But who will say that Drew, or Fulk, or Gavin, or Ingram are alive now? |
39284 | Doe''st not? |
39284 | He objected, but was informed that it was a Scripture name, and the verse"Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" |
39284 | He that the noble Percy''s blood inherits, Will he strike up a Hotspur of the spirits? |
39284 | His christian name is Zeal- of- the- land? |
39284 | If Alice is Alice in the registrar''s hands, not so in homely Chaucer:"This_ Alison_ answered: Who is there That knocketh so? |
39284 | In"Gammer Gurton''s Needle,"Gammer says to her maid--"How now, Tib? |
39284 | In"The Alchemist"appears_ Ananias_, a deacon, who is thus questioned by Subtle:"What are you, sir? |
39284 | It is Sir Christopher, the curate, who, in"The Ordinary,"rebels against"Kit:""_ Andrew._ What may I call your name, most reverend sir? |
39284 | Shakespeare seems to have been aware of it, for Hermione says--"My last good deed was to entreat his stay: What was my first? |
39284 | Subtle addresses the deacon:"What''s your name? |
39284 | Taylor, the Water- poet, seems to imply that Goliath was registered at baptism by the Puritan:"Quoth he,''what might the child baptized be? |
39284 | To which the gruff Labervele replies--"And you will try all this now, will you not? |
39284 | Turning to the woman who appeared to be indicated, he again asked,"What name?" |
39284 | Wanton addresses the Parson:"Was she deaf to your report? |
39284 | Was it a male She, or a female He?'' |
39284 | Was the stigma of a Puritan name a hindrance to the worldly advancement of the bearer? |
39284 | What about him? |
39284 | What can prove the effect of the Reformation on old English names as do such incidents as these? |
39284 | What is to be done? |
39284 | What passages have we on this subject in the works of the Restoration playwrights?" |
39284 | Who can say that they exist now? |
39284 | Why on earth should the fact that the Bible has been translated out of Latin into English strip us of these treasures? |
39284 | Why should this be so? |
39284 | Wo n''t somebody come to the rescue? |
39284 | Zeal- of- the- land is thus inquired of by Winwife:"What call you the reverend elder you told me of, your Banbury man? |
39284 | _ Cock._ How, Gammer? |
39284 | _ Gardiner._ What else? |
39284 | _ Lady N._ Where are you, childe? |
39284 | _ Subtle._ O, you are sent from Master Wholesome, Your teacher? |
39284 | _ Vintner._ Where are you? |
39284 | _ Wanton._ And Ugly, her abigail, she had her say, too? |
39284 | _ Welcome_ says--"Who are they which they''re enamoured so with? |
39284 | a baker, is he not? |
39284 | are you here, Numps? |
39284 | had your holy consistory No name to send me, of another sound, Than wicked Ananias? |
39284 | has the devil possessed you, that you swear no better, You half- christened c----s, you un- godmothered varlets?" |
39284 | heathen Greek? |
54459 | And so, too, is skill most richly rewarded in searching for ancestors; but what can it avail against the positive wiping out of indispensable records? |
54459 | And when we find it, is there anything more than a concise epitome of dry facts under the name of each ancestor? |
54459 | Are we a descendant of the first John Smith, in the tenth generation and through a single line? |
54459 | But can we expect others to have this same faith? |
54459 | But no man is infallible, and how can we know that the author''s methods were such as to reduce his errors to a minimum? |
54459 | But what of that? |
54459 | But what of this? |
54459 | But where, outside of these pages, will the reader find a recognition of the possibilities of such a work? |
54459 | But who can foresee the sharp rock, the hidden snag, which cuts or entangles the line? |
54459 | Can a genealogist claim to be exempt from conditions which the greatest historians impose upon themselves? |
54459 | Do we not desire a full history of each ancestor, with all the interesting facts, traditions and illustrations which can be brought together? |
54459 | Do we wish to know where to look for the data bearing upon a certain person? |
54459 | Do you want a book which will give you pleasure to the end of time, or one which you can not hand to a friend without an apology? |
54459 | Does a Gibbons, Macaulay, Guizot, Motley, Prescott or Bancroft expect to withhold the sources of his information and ask to be taken on faith? |
54459 | For is there a reader of books who would not take delight in making one, if he thought himself competent and the labor not too great? |
54459 | Have we any"practical help"to offer in this chapter? |
54459 | Have you forgotten the great joy of publishing? |
54459 | Having ourselves profited from the printed pages of many a worker, shall we refuse to repay the debt? |
54459 | How are they to be convinced that our family history is correctly given in a book of mere assertions, backed up by no display of authority? |
54459 | How can we feel sure that the next statement may not be equally unreliable? |
54459 | How shall we manage all these names and the reams of data?" |
54459 | Indeed, his military record ends( shall we confess it?) |
54459 | Is her fifth babe nothing to the mother, because she has had four children? |
54459 | Is it not almost hidden from sight among so many other lines? |
54459 | Is there no story to tell, no tale of our difficulties and exploits? |
54459 | No doubt the tribe- embracing plan prohibits all else, but is this all we want? |
54459 | Or who would glory in the death of a bull- moose that a look could bowl over? |
54459 | Or, with our notebook open at a certain place, do we wish to know the ancestral connections of the individual there treated? |
54459 | Our line may appear in its due place in the great tome of the clan, but does it shine with the splendor worthy of our immediate ancestors? |
54459 | Should we carry a separate notebook for every name investigated? |
54459 | Should we search the authorities for one name at a time? |
54459 | The reader may ask,"Is this not as bad as a''clan''genealogy? |
54459 | Was some of it secured by correspondence? |
54459 | What could be more simple and expeditious? |
54459 | What gives interest to a genealogy? |
54459 | What is the subtle attraction which draws these multitudes-- the fascination which lures so many into genealogical research? |
54459 | What next? |
54459 | What sportsman ever bagged such royal game as a line of his own forebears? |
54459 | What triumph of the rod and reel ever gave the thrill of ecstasy with which we land an elusive ancestor in the genealogical net? |
54459 | Where do we begin? |
54459 | Where else will he find its plan developed and presented so that its advantages may at once be seen by the ancestry- hunter? |
54459 | Who can express the sorrow of it? |
54459 | Who knows what riches lie hidden, patiently awaiting a discoverer, to reward him who systematically carries back all of his family lines? |
54459 | Who would care to measure skill with a gamefish if the creature had no chance? |
54459 | Why should they? |
54459 | Would he have all those pleasures and delights once more a reality, and not merely a memory? |
54459 | Would you experience the feelings of a Columbus? |
54459 | and what would you advise in such and such a case?" |
54459 | how shall I get at them? |
54459 | must I go in person, or is there some other way? |
54459 | the deep satisfaction of banking the goodly checks which accompany his reports of sales? |
54459 | the delight of reading the press notices and the book reviews? |
54459 | the excitement of getting the book before the public? |
54459 | the pleasure of receiving your publisher''s smile and handshake as he tells you how well the book is selling? |
54459 | the sweetness of the hearty congratulations of friends and fellow- workers? |
54459 | what and where are the authorities which will help me? |
46692 | ( company?) |
46692 | ( debauches?) |
46692 | ), 112 William, 112 Hiller, May C, 273 Hilt, Marie, 223 Hine, Anna, 144 Frank, 144[?] |
46692 | .ever as to oath( other?) |
46692 | 225 Gilson, Clarence A., 123 Golden, Emily, 117 Goldsmith, Oliver N., 103 Gonsales, Maria, 12,[? |
46692 | 96[?] |
46692 | Adella, 188 Alice, 184 Allen W.. 305 Belinda,^5 58 Belinda, 75, 174 Belle, 176 Benj.,^3 7,[?] |
46692 | Benj.,^4 24, 25, 63 Benjamin,^5 63 Benjamin,[? |
46692 | Children( Van Etten): Hannah,^6 b. Jan. 24, 1811(? |
46692 | Could anything be more alluring to these after their experience in their native land? |
46692 | Cuddeback, 255 Miner, William B., 148, 269 Mitchell, George, 126 Lyman Rose, 241 Moe, Ora, 118 Moore, Emaline, 160 Ralph, 153 Morgan, Catherine P.,[?] |
46692 | Cuddeback,^6 254, 275[?] |
46692 | David? |
46692 | Edward, 263 Eletta, 265 Elizabeth, 96[?] |
46692 | Eleanor, 183 Elmer, 188 Elson, 188 Eliza,^5 64 Elsie, 190 Elizabeth,^3 7, 203 Emma, 112,[?] |
46692 | Eliza, 128 Ellen, 128 Emma, 128[?] |
46692 | George,[? |
46692 | Goodale, Bayard, 328, 331 Edna, 331 Sarah Augusta, 99 Gordon, Helen, 239 Levi, 123 Martha, 123 Sallie,[?] |
46692 | H. B., Dr., 126 Jacob, 281[?] |
46692 | Hannah,[?] |
46692 | If a number precedes the[? |
46692 | Joe Van, 111 Rosencrantz, Diana,^4 67 Herman, 26 Herman Hendrickson, 26 Jacob, 26[?] |
46692 | John M., 281[?] |
46692 | Many of the other company( purpose?) |
46692 | Margaret, 130[?] |
46692 | Notwithstanding all which though Rutsen& company ventured still privly to( soist?) |
46692 | Reinold Cole, 102 Masten, Sarah Maria, 62, 184 Mather, Carrie, 108 James, 108 John, 108 Sarah, 108 Mathews, Martha,[?] |
46692 | Said Jacob Codebec stands entitled(?) |
46692 | Samuel, 123 Graft, George, 259, 322 Rose, 322 Graham, Belle, 103 Eleanor, 95 Emaline J., 97 Hattie, 132 James, 96 Mary, 96, 133 Thomas,[? |
46692 | ], 103, 104,[? |
46692 | ], 130, 135 Margaret,^6 98, 123 Margret Alice, 131 Margaret Ellen, 107 Maria,^5 45, 79, 112 Maria, 59, 105, 129 Maria J., 129 Marion E.,[?] |
46692 | ], 147, 260 William B., 260 Marvin, Alfred, 102 Sarah, 216[?] |
46692 | ], 190 Bertha, 102 Betsey,^4 26[?] |
46692 | ], 249 Eleanor,^3 7, 29 Eleanor,^4[?] |
46692 | ], 276 Eleanor, 108, 150, 275 Ellen E, 276 James, 150, 274 John, 131 John D., 51, 150 John J.,[?] |
46692 | ], 39,[?] |
46692 | ],[ ped: Westfall] Simeon,^5 44 Simon,^4 20 Simon,[? |
46692 | ],[? |
46692 | ],[?] |
46692 | ],[?] |
46692 | and possessor? |
46692 | appointed by and under them satt down upon the s^d land forcibly that it being far from the other Christian settlement& mountain( whethr?) |
46692 | of Jacob( Yok) Van Etten of the Showockemack(?) |
46692 | of them verbally( consutod?) |
46692 | often into their houses to burn them in which violent practices those other company, their wives came to look on and render the indians&( hindor?) |
46692 | patent for the 1200 acres and betook themselves to the improvement thereof( and?) |
46692 | prudent( va^rd?) |
46692 | them to( bad?) |
46692 | to all right and the former orders without any patent or first giving( way?) |
46692 | to make a joint purchase with the other company which being done they thereupon on the 14th of Oct. 1697 obtained his( mahos?) |
46692 | with the indians and obstruct the lawful purchase until the middle of the year 1697, when the petitioners to obtain their rights( forms?) |