R/RFHA Newsletter, March 1995                P.4

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History of your Surname

A number of companies sell certificates or books that supposedly detail the history of your surname. Some also sell lists of addresses for people with the same last name. These companies mass-produce their products, changing only a few details to make they appear different. A book of information about various individuals with the same last name is not a family history. A list of names and addresses for individuals who simply share a surname is neither a family history nor a form of genealogy. Unless your surname is unique, you should not assume that people with the same last name are your relatives.

-National Genealogical Society Ethics Committee

From Aristotle Rollins, 4116 Hunting Drive, Hermitage, Tenn. 37076

June 7, 1944, Normandy, France. DANZEL C. ROLLINS, son of KESSLER DANZEL ROLLINS and Erma Chrislip, was killed. He parachuted into Normandy with the 3rd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry. Q the same day, Lieutenant ROLLINGER of the 1st Battalion, 902nd Panzer Grenadiers, was trying to survive a massive air and naval bombardment.

Note: The name ROLLINS in Germany is spelled as above, with a "g".

From Sue Rulfs, 401 W. Oakbrook #142, Ann Arbor, MI 48103

From the Assoc. Press, Ithaca, NY: University of Iowa President HUNTER RAWLINGS was approved Saturday as the 10th President of Cornell University. RAWLINGS, 49, will assume his new post July 1st, 1995, replacing Frank H.T. Rhodes who is retiring after 18 years.

"Cornell is one of a handful of universities with worldwide impact and influence," said RAWLINGS.

RAWLINGS' appointment was unanimously approved by the board of directors of Cornell. The University has 19,000 students and 1600 faculty members. He also was given a tenured spot as a classics professor. RAWLINGS is the second Iowa president to leave for an Ivy League school. James 0. Freedman left in 1987 to became president of Dartmouth College. RAWLINGS has been the Univ. of Iowa president since 1988. He previously held administrative positions at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado, from 1984 until he went to Iowa.

From Jesse Thompson, P.O.Box 248, Clarksville, AR 72830-0248

"I've just read DENNIS RAWLINGS' account in the recent newsletter. Please tell your readers that you don't have to go to England and buy a county map to locate your English ancestral hometown. Get a RAC Motoring Atlas, Britain. I bought mine from Barnes & Noble. "(A catalogue company with stores in a few US cities) Seend can be found on Map 17 down in the right-hand lower corner, a few miles West of Devizes on A361.

RAC is Englands Triple A, and their maps show nearly everything that has a place-nacre. Seend is also listed in the index as well as hundreds of other places. The Index runs to 18 pages with 8 columns on each page."