Bob,
 
I am reminded that Portuguese sailors hired onto ships in Azores often were  
recorded with an English sounding name or the name of the ship's captain to  
dodge some American maritime laws. A local Portuguese fisherman informed me 
that  some Portuguese whalers kept the new names when they stayed here in the 
U.S.,  such as Black or Miller (from ship captains). Of course, when researching 
I  found names like Comacho and could not tell Portuguese from Spanish or even 
 Native American. The latter were hired onto whaling ships in the mid 19th  
century with the belief they could throw a harpoon more accurately.
 
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.
 
 
 
In a message dated 10/22/2008 6:28:15 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
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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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