Hi Flockmates! I received in today's mail the information on my g-g-uncle from his service in the Swiss Guard at the Vatican. Yep, this package came FROM the Vatican itself! Neat, eh? Anyway, the problem is that I read VERY little (almost nicht) German and certainly not the handwritten bits! I'm going to scan the document and if anyone would like to take a shot at it feel free!! I've got quite a bit of it translated, between the Babelfish site and the German/English dictionary we have here. On the 'UP' side, it looks like maybe this fella may be another Blacksheep for me because, if I'm reading this right, he was punished and discharged from service. :-) HELP!! pleez? Best, SueB-TLC IBSSG