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Gary -
The "Training" shows!!!!!
For me, as a classical singer, the study of genealogy and ethnology is founded in the passion of wanting to know. But certainly the acceptance of genealogical societies and research archives of my work has helped.
Yes, those Viking-Normans were good at conquering and as you say not so good at dealing with the politics of the areas they conquered.
One of my favorite research tools is from:
THE VIKING WORLD by James Graham-Campbell - Foreword by David M. Wilson, pg 27 Printed in Italy
It is a map showing the areas controlled by the Vikings up to the time of Rollo in 911.
The Danish Vikings had a Monastery in Lindisfarne, in present day Scotland and controlled most of Britain and present day Normandy while the Norwegian Vikings fringed the north of Scotland, the west of England and the east of Ireland.
And as you know the Celts managed to retain most of Scotland, Wales, SW England and Ireland.
The Scottish "Orangemen" of Northern Ireland are well known but I have no idea if their numbers included the RUTHERFORD surname.
But one question I have concerns the Scottish RUTHERFORD's who emigrated into Prussia in 1644. Did some go east a little further and become a part of the "White Russians" of History?
In the States the RUTHERFORD surname, by whatever spelling, was found very early into the Colonies of this land and then onto those dangerous Frontiers as we all know.
"The Scots" - Descendants of the Picts, the Celts, the Danish, the Norwegians and now established with you and your colleagues work "The Flemish" - REALLY GOT AROUND.
My quote about the Spaniard was really supposed to have read "Scratch A Spaniard and you'll find a Moor". With the new technology of Genealogical DNA one can only wonder what will be found when one "Scratches a Rutherford".
Happy Holidays - Lois
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