http://marksavage.net Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:03:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This entry is short and sweet. The Church of Ireland acknowledges the Pope's authority. From wikipedia. http://marksavage.net/2008/06/27/1152-church-of-ireland-acknowledges-the-pope/ Seriously, who is this guy other than the "North-most of all the Northmen"??  Interesting stuff though. Ohthere from Hålogaland (Norwegian: Ottar fra Hålogaland) was a Viking adventurer from Hålogaland. Around 890 AD he travelled to England, where Alfred the Great, king of Wessex, had his tales written down. Ohthere reported that he ... http://marksavage.net/2008/06/26/890-ottar-from-halogaland-meets-king-alfred-the-great/ So, the French it appears CAN win a battle, just not the wars.  GG France... although it was the "French-Scots", so that probably has something to do with it. The Battle of Baugé, fought between the English and the Franco-Scots on March 21, 1421 in Baugé, France, east of Angers, was ... http://marksavage.net/2008/06/25/1421-the-battle-of-bauge/ 1543, an interesting year pulled out of thin air.  There were a few things that happened this year, but of them I chose the Third Succession Act.  Recently, Shawna and I rented "The Other Bolyen Girl", which was about Anne Bolyen, her sister and Henry the VIII.  It was a ... http://marksavage.net/2008/06/24/1543-third-succession-act/ My Great Uncle Wilf and my Great Uncle Alan had worked for many years on the Greenacre - Oates side of the family tree.  They gathered information via Census and Church/Parish records, gravestones, etc. I have a full copy of all of their final work, and have decided to continue where ... http://marksavage.net/2008/06/06/greenacre-oates-family-tree/ I have begun the Savage Family Tree.  Stand by for further info. http://marksavage.net/2008/06/06/savage-family-tree/