Ed, You're absolutelly right - Wars are just such events. The English Civil war (1640s - Cromwell etc.) killed a greater percentage of the population than the two world wars combined, I am told!
The highland clearances were the takeover by landlords of the Scottish highlands in 18th C to make way for sheep and resulted in widespread emigration, particularly to N America - Many Scottish communities were founded at that time on the E Seaboard of the US. See http://www.highlanderweb.co.uk/clearanc.htm Geoff is still very quiet - Geoff, do you have a view from Milennium Corp's end on what you would want to see in a Legacy Timeline? Warm Regards Alastair On 9/14/05, Ed Barnard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 07:13, Alastair Lack wrote: > > I feel a significant difference between events such as the invention > > of the telephone, which though interesting would not have affected my > > ancestors survival very significantly, and epidemics of disease (the > > Influenza of 1919), Famine (Irish potato famine of 1847) or political > > events such as the Highland clearances, all of which changed my > > ancestors lives. Anyway - that's what I shall work on, and share the > > results with you all! > > I hope this isn't swaying off topic... > > In my view, there are *two* significant areas. One is as you noted, what > affects our ancestors' survival. The other area is those events which > induce a family or the more adventurous members thereof, to migrate > elsewhere. The economics of southern England early 1600's plus Cromwell > plus Puritan needs brought one of the primary migrations to the USA for > example. The USA Civil War killed people, obviously, but also wrought > catastrophic changes in families' fortunes and situations. (I don't know > what Highland clearances are; I might be repeating what you just said!) > > Ed Barnard, researching pioneers of Callaway County Missouri USA > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > -- Warm regards :-) Alastair Lack Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
