Having said all that and enlightening all of us on just what Genealogy "is", what does genealogy have to do with reparations? Are you hoping that by compiling your ancestors you will be able to claim some kind of monetary reward? If that is what your goal is, I think you have chosen the wrong hobby or pastime. I think that if you work at this for a long time and gather a lot of information any number of us could come across ancestors who were "done wrong" in the past. That is part of history and part of life and in the past. History is the greatest learning tool of all--we learn from our past and try to live better lives in the future. Trying to get revenge for something that happened many years ago is not really going to accomplish anything but a lot of hurt feelings. I think it will do more harm than good. I have been at this pursuit for over 30 years and have not received any monetary rewards. Probably if I had all the money I spent, I could retire now at 55. However, because I spent all that money on my passion, I have a room full of ancestors that I would not take for. Some may have been rogues and some may have been royalty, but I love them all just the same. And that is not to mention all the wonderful people I have met along the way---most in it for the same reason I am. Oh, I will admit that when I first started this all those years ago, I was going to write a book on my genealogy and make a ton of money. How I laugh at that now! Now, I am just trying to get all of this into a form that I will be able to leave to my son, hoping that he will then take an interest. He won't be getting a lot of money from my estate---I spent it all on genelogy. Lynda Taylor *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_ *:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-:                        God Bless America!!! *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_ *:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-: