Many thanks to one and all for your kind replies to my request. I'd like to take a moment to thank, you know who you are, for his help which was generously given so quickly. Thank you, T-G who shall forever be known by one and all who worship at your feet as the goldmine of information of genealogy. Of the other GOUDIES or connections already known to myself (mentioned Surnames are mentioned somewhere in the file), please feel free to contact me directly for a rather large GEDCOM which was thoughtfully compressed for faster download. Forwarned it took over an hour to merge as there are 8,000 names in the database and I've no doubt that it will take a considerable time to sort out the rest. Again, thank you... T. G. Regards; Dennice researching: Brûlè, Poirier, McFadden, Stephens, Michelsen, French, Brooks, Brown, Goudie, Vautrin pioneer families of British Columbia and their 'country wives' http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~goudied/index.html