Dear Cousins, I am taking a "leave of absence" from all my surname lists for a month or so for several reasons: 1. My computer, hit by lightning two weeks ago, is still not functioning properly and I have a terrible time getting my mail through my husband's 2. Because of a lot of email problems with our current server, we will shortly be changing to another, probably one of the larger ones like AT&T or Sprint (any suggestions, write me personally - we welcome any input on how satisfied or dissatisfied you are if you currently belong to one of the larger links) 3. Vacations and weekends away are making it difficult to keep up with the heavy volume of email and, finally, 4. I need a period of time here to catch up on a humongous pile of unread periodicals and for inputting long backlogged material into my genealogy database. I hope to rejoin the group at the end of the summer, as soon as I can get my act together. Meanwhile, please do not hesitate to contact me personally if I can help or anyone has a question that they feel I might be able to assist with. Continue to use my present address (linda.banwarth@usa.net) - I will contact Tom with my new address when I get it. I will miss you all - hope to be back soon! Linda B. Higganum, CT