Our mediaeval ancestors were remarkably like us - hardworking, quarrelsome, drunken, pious, lazy, argumentative, advantage-taking, lovable, ambitious, easily led, mulish, - in fact, human. And if you want to learn more about them and their doings, come to Matt Tomkins' talk on THE MERRY PEASANTS OF HORWOOD AND THE CHALFONTS to the Bucks Genealogical Society on Saturday, Feb 12 at the Hartwell Day Centre, Thame Rd South, Aylesbury (west side of town, off the A418 at the first big roundabout). Doors open at 2pm, for an hour's research, or advice on computers by Barney Tyrwhitt-Drake and general genealogical problems by Eve McLaughlin. Talk at 3pm. Bookstall, Library for members, coffee bar. details from Eve e-mail or 01844 291631 -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society