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From: Bob Velke <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] (fan of J.R.R. Tolkien, including his Anglo-Saxon scholarship)
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 02:18:59 -0500
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Jim said:

>One lister suggested that the data set of genealogies of hobbits, elves,
>dragons,
>and such be included as Sample #2 which I think would be a great idea. I was
>re-reading a bit more of Tolkien's "The Silmarillion" when I finally got
>to bed last night,
>flipped over to "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age", looked at the
>genealogies of Finwe etc to refresh my memory and thought - "Yes one day I
>must put all this on TMG!"

Those who haven't read any of Tolkien's books recently may not remember how
much genealogy is in them. I used an old paperback version and decided to
dog-ear every page that included genealogy and then go back to enter them
(rather than try to do data entry while reading). I soon found that it was
a silly strategy because almost every page was dog-eared.

(East coast beta testers are falling asleep at their chairs so I think that
we're breaking for the night)

-Bob

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