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<div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444572018570_6313"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444572018570_6388">And maybe it's not such a stereotype as it might seem. See <a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444572018570_6407" href="http://www.towerbells.org/data/HanksGen.html">www.towerbells.org/data/HanksGen.html</a> for the genealogical relationships of 17 American bellfounders across seven different bellfoundries. Among the Saint Louis bellfounders, there are clear connections between the generational changes in the proprietors of the two Stuckstede bellfoundries and the changes in styles of bells produced by them.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444572018570_6312"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444572018570_6310" class="signature">Carl Scott Zimmerman <br>Saint Louis, Missouri, USA -<br> - 19th c. home of at least 36 bell founders or resellers <br>Tel. +1(314)821-8437 <br>Webmaster for www.TowerBells.org<br> * Avocation: tower bells<br> * Recreation: handbells<br> * Mission: church bells</div><br> <blockquote id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444572018570_6624" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444572018570_6623" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444572018570_6622" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444572018570_6621" dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "lauradi@rcn.com [bellhistorians]" <bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, October 11, 2015 7:56 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Bell Historians] women doing history research<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444572018570_6678" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv4955523308">
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<div>Sounds like genealogy to me ;-) </div>
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