Nicely put Bernadette, I couldn't have said it better myself. Thank you, Linda Louviere d'Amours In a message dated 12/4/2003 3:49:20 PM Central Standard Time, bmeunier@sbcglobal.net writes: All of this heat regarding the tragedy which befell our ancestors is surely strong commentary......the passions linger 250 years after the fact.....(the emotions of that time are unthinkable).....but no matter what attitude we choose to take regarding the current developments vis a vis the queen of England, WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN what they went through.....and that is most important......I welcome the discourse, and choose not to view it as arguing.....we owe that much to those who lived through the ordeal and dispite the greatest of odds, prevailed so that we here might honor their memory by the free _expression of our sentiments....honest sons and daugthers of Acadia...... Bernadette D. Meunier French Canadian Genealogical Society of Connecticut Tolland, CT. www.fcgsc.org