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From: John Yohalem <>
Subject: Re: Ravenswood
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 1996 11:36:16 -0400

> I'm fairly new the genealogy studies and am having trouble finding any
> detailed information on the family name of Ravenswood. The most I have
> discovered is the origins of the name from Australia and England.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions or comments, I will respond to and
appreciate
> greatly all input.

I'm not sure how relevant this is, but Sir Walter Scott's novel, The Bride
of Lammermuir, which takes place in the Lothians just east of Edinburgh,
concerns the rivalry of two Scottish noble families in the late 17th
century, the Ravenswoods and the Ashtons, for the property known as
Lammermuir. Maybe he made it up and some literary Aussies who wanted to
forget their real name copied it ... or maybe the Scots went to Australia.
In Donizetti's opera they lose out -- in fact, they die out.

Jean Coeur de Lapin

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