Farrar wrote:- By the way, does that mean that the town of Salisbury, North Carolina was founded by criminals? *gasp!* No No....... Quite the opposite, we're really the criminals ;-) Long story short:- There are three main ways to spell the name, Salisbury, Salasbury and Salsbury If you spelt it with an " i " your family were farmers If you spelt it with an " a " your family were fishermen Based on these professions you were taxed accordingly, some bright spark decided to register his name with neither so could not be caught for tax....... 200 years later......... I pay Taxes, it did not work for too long I guess here endeth the geneology lesson Cheers Paul #6463 http://www.paul.salsbury.btinternet.co.uk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=244522.3313099.4604523.1512248/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1595056/R=0/*http://ashnin.com/clk/muryutaitakenattogyo?YH=33130 99&yhad=1595056> Click Here! <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=244522.3313099.4604523.1512248/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1595056/rand=708527598> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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