Hi Sue, On behalf of everyone on the list, I would like you to pass onto your dad our very best wishes and hope he is feeling better soon. Trust you to check to see if there are any Barraclough's in China :-) But it is worth checking, you just never know when they are going to turn up :-) There is no need for apologies, family always come first, before genealogy. So just take good care of your dad. His quick recovery will be in our payers. Talk Soon Kim and the rest of the Barraclough newsgroup