Re: snail mail

[Niven Sinclair <niven@niven.co.uk>]

At 08:45 27/09/00 -0600, you wrote:
> Dear Niven,
>  
> Here is my address
>  
> John Liley
> 2605 E. Flamingo Drive
> Holladay, Utah 84117 USA
>  
> Thank You
>  
> John


John, I have sent you all the Caithness material so that you can get a
broad picture of how
the various branches were inter-related and the number of times Sinclairs
married Sinclairs.
Indeed, right up to the 18th Century, the pattern of marrying cousins
prevailed in order to
maintain the bloodline and to ensure that property remained within the
broader family.  At
the end of the 18th Century, 80% of Caithness belonged to 17 Sinclair
families.  Today we
don't even have 8% because we allowed love to dictate who married
whom.  The result has
been disastrous.  We are only a pale shadow of our former
greatness.

Niven