Mason County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 103 Shelton, WA 98584-0103 The Mason Log Volume 14 Issue 6 February 1, 2018 NO February meeting •   Next meeting Thursday, March 1st •   7:00 p.m. Start time •   Mason County Historic Society Museum, 5th and Railroad Ave •   Membership dues - single: $15.00 Couple: $20.00 •   Find us on the web at http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wamcgs/ The inside scoop Ø   Things Roman Things Roman Last week we visited London, England. While this was a vacation, genealogy is always an option when the opportunity presents itself. Such an opportunity occurred during our trip west of London to the Roman city of Aquae Sulis – The Waters of Sulis [Minerva] ca. 60 AD. Today it has the unimaginative name of Bath. I believe they shortened the name by leaving off…tub. To my mind, this is an improvement, but not by much. It’s a beautiful city with its centerpiece being the ancient Roman Baths powered by thermal hot springs. There are, of course, modern hot spring spas in the town and surrounding area, but we were there for Hot Springs Spa, version 1.0. We recommend it as a place to stay and explore, as there is lots to see including nearby Stonehenge. The obligatory tour of the Roman baths was interesting, and about halfway through the tour we came to a display of three military tombstones from the nearby Roman cemetery. We’ve been doing genealogy long enough to know not to pass up the chance to record tombstones and their data. One never knows where it will lead. Below is the first tombstone on display. First is the Tancinus inscription in Latin, and with the English translation following. (The website used for the alternative translations and other information about Aquae Sulis is http://roman-britain.co.uk/) When we returned home, I decided to conduct research into the stones and see if there was additional information available. I found two of the stones were tombstones, the third was an alter stone. Another piece of information surfaced; there was a scholarly disagreement regarding the translations of the inscriptions. , OCR Text:     Mason County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 103 Shelton, WA 98584-0103 The Mason Log Volume 14 Issue 6 February 1, 2018 NO February meeting •   Next meeting Thursday, March 1st •   7:00 p.m. Start time •   Mason County Historic Society Museum, 5th and Railroad Ave •   Membership dues - single: $15.00 Couple: $20.00 •   Find us on the web at http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wamcgs/ The inside scoop Ø   Things Roman Things Roman Last week we visited London, England. While this was a vacation, genealogy is always an option when the opportunity presents itself. Such an opportunity occurred during our trip west of London to the Roman city of Aquae Sulis – The Waters of Sulis [Minerva] ca. 60 AD. Today it has the unimaginative name of Bath. I believe they shortened the name by leaving off…tub. To my mind, this is an improvement, but not by much. It’s a beautiful city with its centerpiece being the ancient Roman Baths powered by thermal hot springs. There are, of course, modern hot spring spas in the town and surrounding area, but we were there for Hot Springs Spa, version 1.0. We recommend it as a place to stay and explore, as there is lots to see including nearby Stonehenge. The obligatory tour of the Roman baths was interesting, and about halfway through the tour we came to a display of three military tombstones from the nearby Roman cemetery. We’ve been doing genealogy long enough to know not to pass up the chance to record tombstones and their data. One never knows where it will lead. Below is the first tombstone on display. First is the Tancinus inscription in Latin, and with the English translation following. (The website used for the alternative translations and other information about Aquae Sulis is http://roman-britain.co.uk/) When we returned home, I decided to conduct research into the stones and see if there was additional information available. I found two of the stones were tombstones, the third was an alter stone. Another piece of information surfaced; there was a scholarly disagreement regarding the translations of the inscriptions. , Mason County Genealogical Society,Mason Logs,Mason Logs,2018,V15 I6 MCGS Feb 2018 Newsletter .pdf,V15 I6 MCGS Feb 2018 Newsletter .pdf Page 1, V15 I6 MCGS Feb 2018 Newsletter .pdf Page 1