Questions

This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.

identifier	question
26173	BASIL BURTON VANDEVER,( 108), son of John Vandever,( 26), was born May 4, 1848; married Feb. 7, 18--, Florence Emma Cruea(?).
26173	FRANCIS(?
26173	JESSIE(?
26173	May 4, 1848; m. Florence E. Gruea(?).
26173	SHADRACH BURTON VANDEVER,( 109), son of Joshua Vandever,( 26), was born July 4, 1853(?
36966	M. N. Olmstead, from Acts xxvi, 8,--"Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you that God should raise the dead?"
36966	My father asked her,"Is all well?"
36966	My mother asked,"Where is my little Annie?"
36966	My uncle scarcely ever came home without the inquiry,"Where is the dear boy?"
36966	Some years later an improvement(?)
58212	In the summer of 1781, the Earl of Chesterfield having been some time absent from court, was asked by the King where he had been so long? 58212 ''Ah,''said the King,''is that Lovett of Liscombe? 58212 His son(?) 58212 On the other hand, notices of eight_ new peers?_"will be found in the present volume, four of which also occurred in the second edition.
58212	Sir Gilbert Lyndesey(?)
58212	They are of the genuine old Norman breed, how happens it that they are not baronets?
58212	would they accept the title?
37340	( 1107- 1174)?
37340	1 All ready?
37340	2 All ready?
37340	3 All ready?
37340	4 All ready?
37340	5 All ready?
37340	And here''s to the country we live in, my lads; It is here we have struggled and thriven, my lads?
37340	God bless it, May Beauty And Duty Possess it-- Are you ready?
37340	Indeed the question is,"Where are they not?"
37340	What think you of a Fraser-- Sir Alexander of Philorth-- who in the 16th century built a grand University?
37340	When the sentinel demanded,_ a quel regiment_?
37340	Whence derived?
37340	Who does not know Fraser''s Magazine?
37340	[ Illustration: MRS. GEORGINA FRASER NEWHALL]"The Frasers of Stratherrick, where are they?"
37520	(_ Gild_, value?)
37520	(_ Lat_, terrible,?
37520	(_ Log_,_ loh_, clean?
37520	), Yem(?).
37520	And yet who ever heard, excepting in books, of a dog being called Tray, a word which conveys no meaning whatever to an English ear?
37520	Bilo?
37520	Can the two words,_ haugr_ and_ hlau_(_ how_, and_ hlow_), be from the same origin, the one assuming, or the other dropping an_ l_?
37520	Can there be any connection, I venture to inquire, between these ancient names, Celtic or Teutonic, and the Roman Gaius and Caius?
37520	Cenesingas[31]{ Kenzinga Kenzingen,} in Baden}....._ Chance?_{ Gensingen Gensungen,} Hess.
37520	Clukas( for Cludkis?).
37520	Enright(= Enrat?).
37520	Him(?
37520	Laua Lauanham Lavenham Suffolk Lauing Lauingtun Barlavington Sussex Lamb( Danish?)
37520	May not this be a Frisian form?
37520	Or Cissa( Chissa) for, as I suppose, Gisa, which would be apparently in conformity with a Frisian form?
37520	SNOAD, SNODIN, SNOWDEN(?
37520	Seaxlingas Saxlinga.........._ Satchell?_ Sceardingas Scardinga Bavaria.....{_ Scard_,_ Scarth_.
37520	The name Spegen, corresponding with our Spain, occurs in the_ Liber Vitæ_ more than once-- Is its aspirated form due to the Northumbrian dialect?
37520	The question now to be considered is-- what is the value of these various forms in_ ingas_,_ inga_, and_ ingen_, in England and in Germany?
37520	The question now to consider is-- What is the value and meaning of this vowel- ending, which was only given to simple names and never to compounds?
37520	Was it by literary intuition that Scott pitched upon such a name for the jester, or did he know of its supposed meaning of"paunchey"?
37520	What then is the origin, and what is the meaning, of the name?
37520	Whence for instance could come such a form as Cwichelm for Wighelm, apparently a rather strongly marked Frankish form?
37520	Who has not heard, in verse or in prose, of the"poor dog_ Tray_"?
37520	_ Angel_, signifying"hook, barb"(?).
37520	_ Arkwright_(?).
37520	_ Compounds._(_ Had_, war?
37520	_ Curwen_?
37520	_ Eddiker_?
37520	_ Heaven?
37520	_ Landlord?__ Laith_,_ let_,"terrible."
37520	_ Oldacre_(?).
37520	_ Wad_,_ Wat_,"to go,"in the sense of activity?
37520	_ Will_, in the sense of"resolution"?
37520	_ lærdr_( larad?
37520	but what better origin can we have,"I can fancy the reader saying at starting,"than our own word''gay'', French_ gai_?"
39284	Anything else?
39284	Boy or girl, eh?
39284	What name?
39284	With what face can they object to the king the bringing in of forraigners, when themselves entertaine such an army of Hebrewes?
39284	--_Anatomy of Melancholy._"Be the jacks fair within, the jills fair without, the carpets laid, and everything in order?"
39284	But was it gratitude, after all?
39284	But what else do we see in these same registers?
39284	But who will say that Drew, or Fulk, or Gavin, or Ingram are alive now?
39284	Doe''st not?
39284	He objected, but was informed that it was a Scripture name, and the verse"Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
39284	He that the noble Percy''s blood inherits, Will he strike up a Hotspur of the spirits?
39284	His christian name is Zeal- of- the- land?
39284	If Alice is Alice in the registrar''s hands, not so in homely Chaucer:"This_ Alison_ answered: Who is there That knocketh so?
39284	In"Gammer Gurton''s Needle,"Gammer says to her maid--"How now, Tib?
39284	In"The Alchemist"appears_ Ananias_, a deacon, who is thus questioned by Subtle:"What are you, sir?
39284	It is Sir Christopher, the curate, who, in"The Ordinary,"rebels against"Kit:""_ Andrew._ What may I call your name, most reverend sir?
39284	Shakespeare seems to have been aware of it, for Hermione says--"My last good deed was to entreat his stay: What was my first?
39284	Subtle addresses the deacon:"What''s your name?
39284	Taylor, the Water- poet, seems to imply that Goliath was registered at baptism by the Puritan:"Quoth he,''what might the child baptized be?
39284	To which the gruff Labervele replies--"And you will try all this now, will you not?
39284	Turning to the woman who appeared to be indicated, he again asked,"What name?"
39284	Wanton addresses the Parson:"Was she deaf to your report?
39284	Was it a male She, or a female He?''
39284	Was the stigma of a Puritan name a hindrance to the worldly advancement of the bearer?
39284	What about him?
39284	What can prove the effect of the Reformation on old English names as do such incidents as these?
39284	What is to be done?
39284	What passages have we on this subject in the works of the Restoration playwrights?"
39284	Who can say that they exist now?
39284	Why on earth should the fact that the Bible has been translated out of Latin into English strip us of these treasures?
39284	Why should this be so?
39284	Wo n''t somebody come to the rescue?
39284	Zeal- of- the- land is thus inquired of by Winwife:"What call you the reverend elder you told me of, your Banbury man?
39284	_ Cock._ How, Gammer?
39284	_ Gardiner._ What else?
39284	_ Lady N._ Where are you, childe?
39284	_ Subtle._ O, you are sent from Master Wholesome, Your teacher?
39284	_ Vintner._ Where are you?
39284	_ Wanton._ And Ugly, her abigail, she had her say, too?
39284	_ Welcome_ says--"Who are they which they''re enamoured so with?
39284	a baker, is he not?
39284	are you here, Numps?
39284	had your holy consistory No name to send me, of another sound, Than wicked Ananias?
39284	has the devil possessed you, that you swear no better, You half- christened c----s, you un- godmothered varlets?"
39284	heathen Greek?
54459	And so, too, is skill most richly rewarded in searching for ancestors; but what can it avail against the positive wiping out of indispensable records?
54459	And when we find it, is there anything more than a concise epitome of dry facts under the name of each ancestor?
54459	Are we a descendant of the first John Smith, in the tenth generation and through a single line?
54459	But can we expect others to have this same faith?
54459	But no man is infallible, and how can we know that the author''s methods were such as to reduce his errors to a minimum?
54459	But what of that?
54459	But what of this?
54459	But where, outside of these pages, will the reader find a recognition of the possibilities of such a work?
54459	But who can foresee the sharp rock, the hidden snag, which cuts or entangles the line?
54459	Can a genealogist claim to be exempt from conditions which the greatest historians impose upon themselves?
54459	Do we not desire a full history of each ancestor, with all the interesting facts, traditions and illustrations which can be brought together?
54459	Do we wish to know where to look for the data bearing upon a certain person?
54459	Do you want a book which will give you pleasure to the end of time, or one which you can not hand to a friend without an apology?
54459	Does a Gibbons, Macaulay, Guizot, Motley, Prescott or Bancroft expect to withhold the sources of his information and ask to be taken on faith?
54459	For is there a reader of books who would not take delight in making one, if he thought himself competent and the labor not too great?
54459	Have we any"practical help"to offer in this chapter?
54459	Have you forgotten the great joy of publishing?
54459	Having ourselves profited from the printed pages of many a worker, shall we refuse to repay the debt?
54459	How are they to be convinced that our family history is correctly given in a book of mere assertions, backed up by no display of authority?
54459	How can we feel sure that the next statement may not be equally unreliable?
54459	How shall we manage all these names and the reams of data?"
54459	Indeed, his military record ends( shall we confess it?)
54459	Is her fifth babe nothing to the mother, because she has had four children?
54459	Is it not almost hidden from sight among so many other lines?
54459	Is there no story to tell, no tale of our difficulties and exploits?
54459	No doubt the tribe- embracing plan prohibits all else, but is this all we want?
54459	Or who would glory in the death of a bull- moose that a look could bowl over?
54459	Or, with our notebook open at a certain place, do we wish to know the ancestral connections of the individual there treated?
54459	Our line may appear in its due place in the great tome of the clan, but does it shine with the splendor worthy of our immediate ancestors?
54459	Should we carry a separate notebook for every name investigated?
54459	Should we search the authorities for one name at a time?
54459	The reader may ask,"Is this not as bad as a''clan''genealogy?
54459	Was some of it secured by correspondence?
54459	What could be more simple and expeditious?
54459	What gives interest to a genealogy?
54459	What is the subtle attraction which draws these multitudes-- the fascination which lures so many into genealogical research?
54459	What next?
54459	What sportsman ever bagged such royal game as a line of his own forebears?
54459	What triumph of the rod and reel ever gave the thrill of ecstasy with which we land an elusive ancestor in the genealogical net?
54459	Where do we begin?
54459	Where else will he find its plan developed and presented so that its advantages may at once be seen by the ancestry- hunter?
54459	Who can express the sorrow of it?
54459	Who knows what riches lie hidden, patiently awaiting a discoverer, to reward him who systematically carries back all of his family lines?
54459	Who would care to measure skill with a gamefish if the creature had no chance?
54459	Why should they?
54459	Would he have all those pleasures and delights once more a reality, and not merely a memory?
54459	Would you experience the feelings of a Columbus?
54459	and what would you advise in such and such a case?"
54459	how shall I get at them?
54459	must I go in person, or is there some other way?
54459	the deep satisfaction of banking the goodly checks which accompany his reports of sales?
54459	the delight of reading the press notices and the book reviews?
54459	the excitement of getting the book before the public?
54459	the pleasure of receiving your publisher''s smile and handshake as he tells you how well the book is selling?
54459	the sweetness of the hearty congratulations of friends and fellow- workers?
54459	what and where are the authorities which will help me?
46692	( company?)
46692	( debauches?)
46692	), 112 William, 112 Hiller, May C, 273 Hilt, Marie, 223 Hine, Anna, 144 Frank, 144[?]
46692	.ever as to oath( other?)
46692	225 Gilson, Clarence A., 123 Golden, Emily, 117 Goldsmith, Oliver N., 103 Gonsales, Maria, 12,[?
46692	96[?]
46692	Adella, 188 Alice, 184 Allen W.. 305 Belinda,^5 58 Belinda, 75, 174 Belle, 176 Benj.,^3 7,[?]
46692	Benj.,^4 24, 25, 63 Benjamin,^5 63 Benjamin,[?
46692	Children( Van Etten): Hannah,^6 b. Jan. 24, 1811(?
46692	Could anything be more alluring to these after their experience in their native land?
46692	Cuddeback, 255 Miner, William B., 148, 269 Mitchell, George, 126 Lyman Rose, 241 Moe, Ora, 118 Moore, Emaline, 160 Ralph, 153 Morgan, Catherine P.,[?]
46692	Cuddeback,^6 254, 275[?]
46692	David?
46692	Edward, 263 Eletta, 265 Elizabeth, 96[?]
46692	Eleanor, 183 Elmer, 188 Elson, 188 Eliza,^5 64 Elsie, 190 Elizabeth,^3 7, 203 Emma, 112,[?]
46692	Eliza, 128 Ellen, 128 Emma, 128[?]
46692	George,[?
46692	Goodale, Bayard, 328, 331 Edna, 331 Sarah Augusta, 99 Gordon, Helen, 239 Levi, 123 Martha, 123 Sallie,[?]
46692	H. B., Dr., 126 Jacob, 281[?]
46692	Hannah,[?]
46692	If a number precedes the[?
46692	Joe Van, 111 Rosencrantz, Diana,^4 67 Herman, 26 Herman Hendrickson, 26 Jacob, 26[?]
46692	John M., 281[?]
46692	Many of the other company( purpose?)
46692	Margaret, 130[?]
46692	Notwithstanding all which though Rutsen& company ventured still privly to( soist?)
46692	Reinold Cole, 102 Masten, Sarah Maria, 62, 184 Mather, Carrie, 108 James, 108 John, 108 Sarah, 108 Mathews, Martha,[?]
46692	Said Jacob Codebec stands entitled(?)
46692	Samuel, 123 Graft, George, 259, 322 Rose, 322 Graham, Belle, 103 Eleanor, 95 Emaline J., 97 Hattie, 132 James, 96 Mary, 96, 133 Thomas,[?
46692	], 103, 104,[?
46692	], 130, 135 Margaret,^6 98, 123 Margret Alice, 131 Margaret Ellen, 107 Maria,^5 45, 79, 112 Maria, 59, 105, 129 Maria J., 129 Marion E.,[?]
46692	], 147, 260 William B., 260 Marvin, Alfred, 102 Sarah, 216[?]
46692	], 190 Bertha, 102 Betsey,^4 26[?]
46692	], 249 Eleanor,^3 7, 29 Eleanor,^4[?]
46692	], 276 Eleanor, 108, 150, 275 Ellen E, 276 James, 150, 274 John, 131 John D., 51, 150 John J.,[?]
46692	], 39,[?]
46692	],[ ped: Westfall] Simeon,^5 44 Simon,^4 20 Simon,[?
46692	],[?
46692	],[?]
46692	],[?]
46692	and possessor?
46692	appointed by and under them satt down upon the s^d land forcibly that it being far from the other Christian settlement& mountain( whethr?)
46692	of Jacob( Yok) Van Etten of the Showockemack(?)
46692	of them verbally( consutod?)
46692	often into their houses to burn them in which violent practices those other company, their wives came to look on and render the indians&( hindor?)
46692	patent for the 1200 acres and betook themselves to the improvement thereof( and?)
46692	prudent( va^rd?)
46692	them to( bad?)
46692	to all right and the former orders without any patent or first giving( way?)
46692	to make a joint purchase with the other company which being done they thereupon on the 14th of Oct. 1697 obtained his( mahos?)
46692	with the indians and obstruct the lawful purchase until the middle of the year 1697, when the petitioners to obtain their rights( forms?)