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Article #89Re: mail order book on YOUR surname
From: fred
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1983 20:39
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1983 20:39
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From: bdc@drux3.UUCP In August (1983) I received a letter saying they had a book about my rare surname 'Crumby' and for $27.?? they would send me a copy. . . . About 12 years ago, my mother recieved a similar advertisement. It made the claim that ``Hundreds of years ago, the Blonder Family Crest was officially registered.'' (Ok, after twelve years I may not remember the wording exactly.) and for appropriate payment, they would produce fully researched documentation. Well, in our case this is particularly absurd, since the family name has only existed for about 150 years. It might have been interesting to see what documentation they could have produced, but we never bothered. Fred Blonder (Any more of you out there?) harpo!seismo!umcp-cs!fred
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!fred From: fred@umcp-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.roots Subject: Re: mail order book on YOUR surname Message-ID: <3697@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 9-Nov-83 15:39:59 EST Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.3697 Posted: Wed Nov 9 15:39:59 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Nov-83 04:26:05 EST References: <866@drux3.UUCP> Organization: Univ. of Maryland, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 19