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From: Tim Wafstet <>
Subject: Re: Vikings and events that affect our everyday lives.
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 08:26:43 +0000


At 08:06 PM 11/1/96 +0000, you wrote:
>Patrick G Wohlwend wrote:
>>
>> The chicken is native to Scandinavia. Through Viking influence the English
>> were able to introduce this animal to the world. It was one of the animals
>> these guys took with them to use as food while traveling (like Europeans and
>> pigs or Aztecs and chihuahua dogs.) Without this animal we would probably
>> be consuming English pigeon/eggs and chasing enough quail to fill a pot.
>>
>
>Ah, what does the origin of chickens have to do with genealogy? Let's
>not do this here.
>
>taf
>
Sorry, Todd, but without historical background, all we have is names and
dates. Stories like this makes our ancestors real people, so indirectly it
has a lot to do with genealogy.

Cindi

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