Can anyone suggest some good sources (books) on the ethnic identity 
of personal names? How can you tell if a name is Italian, Hispanic, 
(even Puerto Rican vs. Mexican etc.) Irish, German, Polish, Russian 
etc. when you are dealing with migrants in the United States? Or is 
this possible?

Period: Late 19th Century and 20th Century
Place: United States

Bob Schuyler


At 08:27 AM 10/22/2008, you wrote:
>I think the peace symbol is an adaptation of signal corps flags
>(semaphore letters) for N and D - nuclear disarmament. It was the symbol
>of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
>
>http://www.cnduk.org/index.php/information/info-sheets/the-cnd-logo.html
>
>
>Daniel B. Davis
>Archaeologist Coordinator
>Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
>Division of Environmental Analysis
>200 Mero Street
>Frankfort, KY 40622
>(502) 564-7250
>-----Original Message-----
>From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ron
>May
>Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 4:26 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: question re "happy face" pins
>
>The so-called Peace Sign is actually a Norse Rune adopted by the
>anti-nuclear movement in the late 1950s. I recall seeing a group of
>protestors  standing
>outside General Atomic in San Diego in 1958 and the signs had that
>symbol.
>Over time, the Rune shifted to protest war and by the 1960s it became
>the Peace
>symbol.
>
>Ron May
>Legacy 106, Inc.
>
>
>In a message dated 10/21/2008 9:38:03 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
>Happy  Faces and "Peace Signs" were both common while I was in the army
>in
>Germany  in early 1969 and more so while stationed at Ft. Bliss in late
>1969
>and  early 1970.* * I remember "peace signs" from the army in 1968 and
>before
>I  was drafted (in 1968) back in 1967.
>
>:-)
>
>
>
>On Tue, Oct 21,  2008 at 4:16 PM, Cami McCraw <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
>
> > Hi  Matthew,
> >  -Also building on what Ron May just posted, I really  think it came
>around
> > 1970. I know for sure I had never heard of it in  elementary school,
>but it
> > was the 'in-thing' at some point in 6th  grade, (1970-71).
> >  Now, maybe it was 'invented' before that, but  just became popular at
>least
> > where I was in 1970. Back then with no  internet and limited
>television,
>fads
> > took a little bit longer to  spread. (I'm not an archaeologist BUT we
>are
> > radio/TV/editing  folks.)
> >  By the time I entered high school ('73), we were also  beginning to
>see
> > these same smiley faces in various colors instead of  only yellow.
>(But of
> > course those were never as popular as the  yellow!)
> >  I do think it was very much tied in with the Nixon era,  and wasn't
>Nixon
> > always flashing the 'Peace' sign on television? So  yes, the smiley
>face was
> > tied in to 'Peace & Love and general  happiness'. I believe the
>'flower
> > power' stuff may have started in the  late-60s, so just before the
>smiley
> > faces. (But you are right- not  much difference.)
> >  If anyone ever has a chance to see old TV  reruns of 'The Wonder
>Years',
> > you'll get an accurate window into the  fads of those times and even
>the
> > political ties, especially if you pay  attention to the small details
>in the
> > show. (Folks my age won't need  that, but for younger listmembers it
>may be
> > helpful.)
> >   -Cami
> > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NewChronology/
> >  http://stretchproductions.com/RohlProducts.html
> >
> >
> > -----  Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Tomaso"
><[log in to unmask]>
> >  To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 3:27  PM
> > Subject: Re: question re "happy face"  pins
> >
> >
> >   I remember them from the early 70s as  well.  I was never quite sure
> >> whether to symbolically  associate them with flower power or the
>'don't
>worry
> >> be happy'  rhetoric of the Johnson and Nixon Administrations.
>Perhaps
>there
> >> isn't much difference.
> >>
> >> Matthew S.  Tomaso, M. A., RPA
> >> Senior Archaeologist and Project  Manager
> >> Cultural Resource Consulting Group
> >> O:   732-247-8880 x-30
> >> Cell:   908-875-0345
> >>
> >
>
>
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>
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