Hi All, Could someone do me a big favor and find the telephone number for me of the Public Trustee's Office. I am trying to locate my Uncle who is in a care facility in Winnipeg and I believe his affairs are being handled by the Public Trustee. I want to find out from them where he is...what home he is in, etc. I have done searches of Government listings...but I can't seem to get it. It gives me many listings, but the one I want - Public Trustee. I must be doing something wrong I guess... Thanks in advance, Noreen RESEARCHING UKRAINE>CANADA SURNAMES: KRUTZ/KRUST/KRUTS HRUTS/HRUSCYK/HRUSHAK KORMYLO/CORMYLO/KORMELO PETRUNIAK ANTONIAK

P. S. I'm on vacation and not awake. Here's the web page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/ Phyllis Phyllis Haynen wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > I really, really appreciate the volunteer efforts of everyone on the > list. This is a reminder that this list is only for genealogical or > historical research in Manitoba. All postings to the list are archived > and searchable through RootsWeb. Anyone searching for information > outside of Manitoba would not be looking through the CAN-MANITOBA-L > archives. > > Here is RootsWeb's page for all Mailing Lists for Canada. Check it out! > There may be some new lists you haven't seen. > > Phyllis Haynen > CAN-MANITOBA-L Listowner > > -- > E-Mail: phaynen@gte.net > Manitoba, Canada GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmb/ > County Down, Ireland GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirdow/ > Phyllis' Family Genealogy http://home1.gte.net/phaynen/tree.htm

Hi Everyone, I really, really appreciate the volunteer efforts of everyone on the list. This is a reminder that this list is only for genealogical or historical research in Manitoba. All postings to the list are archived and searchable through RootsWeb. Anyone searching for information outside of Manitoba would not be looking through the CAN-MANITOBA-L archives. Here is RootsWeb's page for all Mailing Lists for Canada. Check it out! There may be some new lists you haven't seen. Phyllis Haynen CAN-MANITOBA-L Listowner -- E-Mail: phaynen@gte.net Manitoba, Canada GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmb/ County Down, Ireland GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirdow/ Phyllis' Family Genealogy http://home1.gte.net/phaynen/tree.htm

Noreen has anybody answered this email for you yet?..I will look into it on Monday or Tues. for you if not.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Noreen Krutz" <noreen@intergate.ca> To: <CAN-MANITOBA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 10:01 AM Subject: [CAN-Manitoba] Volunteer Needed to make phone call : Hi! : : Would someone on the list who lives in Winnipeg be willing to make a phone call for me to the Bardal Funeral Home & Crematorium located on Sherbrook Street [(204) 774-7474]. I know for sure my mother was cremated there. She was from Kenora, Ontario, but she died in the St. Boniface Hospital. My father also died in a hospital in Winnipeg (I can't remember which one. He may have been cremated at the Bardal Funeral Home as well. I don't know how receptive they will be, or how willing they are to give out information. They may have not have anymore information than I have already. If someone is willing to give it a try I would appreciate it very much. : : My mother: Emma Kathleen Krutz (nee Jorgenson) - b. 18 Feb 1916 : d. 21 June 1971 : : My father: Harry Krutz - b. 26 Jan 1913 d. Sept 1988 : : Sincerely, : Noreen (from Vancouver) : : : RESEARCHING UKRAINE>CANADA : SURNAMES: : KRUTZ/KRUST/KRUTS : HRUTS/HRUSCYK/HRUSHAK : KORMYLO/CORMYLO/KORMELO : PETRUNIAK ANTONIAK : : : ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== : Manitoba Regions - Volunteer Opportunities : http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmb/regions.htm : : ============================== : Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: : Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at : http://resources.rootsweb.com/ :

Hi Everyone, I typed out the Index to "Beaver Tales" (Ryley, Alberta). This will be going into a rootsweb lookup site sometime in September, but I thought I'd post the index in case there are any names that someone is interesting. If there is a name you are intested in now, I can give you a brief note about it (i.e. dates, where from, spouse, children, etc). E-mail my privately noreen@intergate.ca with the words RYLEY LOOKUP in the 'subject'. Noreen Beaver Tales - History of Ryley & District Published by Ladies' Auxillary Royal Canadian Legion, Ryley Branch No. 192, Ryley, Alberta INDEX: Aasmo, Peder & Ingrid Alec, Sam Alseth, John Anderson, Arvid Anderson, James S. Anderson, Lawrence Anderson, Ole Anderson, Thorvald Annebo, Iver Archer, Benjamin Archer, Leslie Asp, Charles Bedford, Robert Bendiksen, Thor Berg, Robert Bjelde, Rev. N.A. Bjerkseth, Parelius Blanchard, William Booth, Sewell Boyles, Elisa F. Bratrud, Harold Broad, William Brown, Ernest W. Bruha, Frank Budzinski, Peter Bugge, Arvor Butler, Sam Byford, James Chivers, Arthur Dahl, Mons Davick, Martin Davick, Peder Dragon, Alex Deby, Henry Eastman, Frank, William Hjalmer Erickson, Asa Erickson, G.A. Erickson, Lena Ewers, Bernard Fane, Frank W. W. Ferguson, Earle Findlay, Alexander Finseth, Andrew Fish, John Flaaten, Paul O. Flotree, Jacob Furnell, John Gabrish, Roman Gjerde, Peder Gon, Tom Goodall, John Gordon, Rev. M. R. Graftaas, Selmer Graftaas, Theodore Greig, Robert Grier, John Hagen, Ole hagen, Ole G. Hall & Hauger (219) Haarris, Thomas F. Haugen, Ananias Hay, John L. Heinig, Max Helgeland, Berge Helgeland, Knut Helley, Oscar Hill, Henry J. Hill, John H. Hillerud, Hans Hjelter, John Hotem, Gilbert Honeyball, Walter Hopgood, William C. Hostland, Mathew Hoveland, Ludvig Hrabec, Dmetro Hrabec, John Hrabec, Mike Hulbert, Ralph Hunka, Dan Hutchinson, James Ireland, Donald Jacobson, Martin Jevning, Johannes Johnson, E.B. Johnson, Olof Johnston, James Joines, Tom Killian, Martin Kirkelund, Bottoif Kirkelund, Ole Kjareng, Conrad Klawitter, John and Walter Knudslien, Ole Knudson, Andrew Kongsrud, Sverre Krogh, Raymond Kudrowich, Peter Lagerquist, Dr. A. W. Lee, Anders Lehman, John K. Lerl, Joe Lien, Cornelius Lillemoe, Bernard Lillo, Olianna Lobb, Rev. W. J. Lundin, Fred Lyons, George Lyslo, Bent Maaren, Sever Macahonic, Stephen Macklin, Hugh MacPherson, Rev. R. Magneson, Edwin Magnussen, Emil Manderson, Arthur, Fred, James Marriage, Herbert Masters, Edgar McDonough, William McGrath, William McLennan, Clayton H. McLennan, William K. McPherson, Dr. J. L. Mehus, Edwin P. Moen, Peder Moline, Per Morrison, J.C. Morrison, J.B. Mosby, Ole Munkedal, Soren Nelson, Anton Nerassen, Hans Ness, Bert Nicholls, Bayard Nicholls, Charles Nicholls, Mark E. Nicholls, William Nord, Ole Norton, Archie Ogrodnick, Dmitri Olson, Gust Oslund, Olof Oslund, Peter Pearse, James M. Pearson, Emil Peckenpaugh, Robert Pepper, Lester Pepper, William Pope, William Reeve, J.E. Bell, Peter Reum, John Roberts, John E. Romaniuk, John Ross, John Sagmoen, Peter Sandstrom, Arvid Schultz, Walter and Tom Seniuk, Anton Shaffer, Charley E. Shaw, James and Harry Serburne, Marshal Solberg, Nils Steffen, Benjamin Stewart, James E. Stronstad, Alfred Stumbo, Alfred Sundlie, Martinus Sweheim, John Thorsley, John H. Umphrey, Thomas Vergette, Robert W. Voegtlin, Joseph Walker, Frank C. Wang, Ole Westmancoat, Robert K. Wikiun, Hans Williams, George Winsnes, Christian Yakabuski, Jim Ying, George Young, Cyrus and Charles

I am looking for someone who may have access to I believe they are called the "Henderson Directories". I am trying to find the biological parents of an eighty-five year old woman whose fondest wish is to reconnect with her family. This is all the information she has: Both families we are looking for lived on Tweed Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba between the years 1916-1919. One family surname was TEMPLE the other was BATT. Any help you may be able to provide would be appreciated. Mary Lorraine (Ontario Canada.)

http://raogk.rootsweb.com/canada.htm Hi, Mary Lorraine.....here is a link to the Random Acts Of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK) website. Check the volunteer email addresses for Manitoba. Perhaps one of them could help you with a Henderson Directory lookup. The directories are usually at the library in major cities. Hope this helps, John Leclair General Delivery Stanley Mission, Saskatchewan, CANADA S0J 2P0 306-635-2091 ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Lorraine Guzar <aguzar@attcanada.ca> To: <CAN-MANITOBA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 12:35 PM Subject: Unidentified subject! > I am looking for someone who may have access to I believe they are called > the "Henderson Directories". > > I am trying to find the biological parents of an eighty-five year old woman > whose fondest wish is to reconnect with her family. > > This is all the information she has: > > Both families we are looking for lived on Tweed Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba > between the years 1916-1919. One family surname was TEMPLE the other was > BATT. > > Any help you may be able to provide would be appreciated. > > Mary Lorraine (Ontario Canada.) > > > ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== > Manitoba GenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmb/ > > ============================== > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/ >

Are you sure the name isn't Humphrey. You have to get in touch with Vital Statistics an it will cost you roughly $25.00 for the wedding license copy... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Shaw" <pbshaw@home.com> To: <CAN-MANITOBA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 8:18 PM Subject: [CAN-Manitoba] Skillen-Umphrey marriage c1880 : Can anyone tell me where I might find a record of a : marriage of Thomas SKILLEN and Sarah Ann UMPHREY, : which going by the birth date of their eldest child, : probably took place about 1879 or 1880 ? : : The location would be Ste Anne - Rosewood - Ste Genevieve : in what is now the RM of Tache. : : Thomas may have originally been Catholic, however the 1891 : and 1901 census show him and his wife as protestant. : : Thanks : : Paul : : : ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== : Visit the Canada GenWeb Project : http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/ : See the Resources and Projects : : ============================== : Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: : Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. : http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ :

Can anyone tell me where I might find a record of a marriage of Thomas SKILLEN and Sarah Ann UMPHREY, which going by the birth date of their eldest child, probably took place about 1879 or 1880 ? The location would be Ste Anne - Rosewood - Ste Genevieve in what is now the RM of Tache. Thomas may have originally been Catholic, however the 1891 and 1901 census show him and his wife as protestant. Thanks Paul

Linda, Hang in there, you are on the right list, but it has been quiet for a while. Do you have any questions - I'm just starting out researching my roots, but maybe I can help - I'll try. Noreen RESEARCHING UKRAINE>CANADA SURNAMES: KRUTZ/KRUST/KRUTS HRUTS/HRUSCYK/HRUSHAK KORMYLO/CORMYLO/KORMELO PETRUNIAK ANTONIAK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ady. Redfern." <9wkdante@9ady.fsnet.co.uk> To: <CAN-MANITOBA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 3:19 PM Subject: [CAN-Manitoba] Connection problems. > Hi List, > > I apologise for the non-gen subject of this E-mail, but I am in need of some assistance. I have recently subscribed and as I yet I have received no mail at all from this list . > I do not know whether - > (a) I have done something wrong. > (b) If I have a problem with my computer. > (c) If there is a problem with the mail servers, or > (d) If this is just a very quiet list. > Does anyone have any suggestions ? > > Many thanks - Lynda in UK. > > > > ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== > Free Webspace at RootsWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/press/FPhistory.html > Create your Genealogy Website! > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > >

Seems to work. I got your post. It's not a very active list. Keep looking. Diane "Ady. Redfern." wrote: > Hi List, > > I apologise for the non-gen subject of this E-mail, but I am in need of some assistance. I have recently subscribed and as I yet I have received no mail at all from this list . > I do not know whether - > (a) I have done something wrong. > (b) If I have a problem with my computer. > (c) If there is a problem with the mail servers, or > (d) If this is just a very quiet list. > Does anyone have any suggestions ? > > Many thanks - Lynda in UK. > > ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== > Free Webspace at RootsWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/press/FPhistory.html > Create your Genealogy Website! > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/

Hi List, I apologise for the non-gen subject of this E-mail, but I am in need of some assistance. I have recently subscribed and as I yet I have received no mail at all from this list . I do not know whether - (a) I have done something wrong. (b) If I have a problem with my computer. (c) If there is a problem with the mail servers, or (d) If this is just a very quiet list. Does anyone have any suggestions ? Many thanks - Lynda in UK.

Hi Gail If the marriage took place in BC it is very easy to trace through the BC Archives online site at: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/index.htm Just select the Vital Event Indexes and fill in the form with the names etc. Extracts of the following vital events are available on line: births 1872 to 1899 marriages 1872 to 1924 deaths 1872 to 1979 Hope that this helps. Norma in Ontario Gail Peltz wrote: > Hi to all, I'm posting this information for a "friend" from another "genie list" in the hopes that someone might be able to help her in some way - no matter how small. > > I am looking for record of a marriage that would have taken place sometime between 1885 and 1891, somewhere in Canada, most like B.C. but I'm not sure. The bride was a Lillie Jane WELLS (although she had been briefly married to a Methodist minister by the name of Robert Bruce HEINLAW in 1885, he died shortly after they were married). The groom was a Yorkshire man - William Townsley from Foggathorpe, nr. Selby. Can you help? Any ideas? Anything is much appreciated > > Thanks from Gail in storming Winnipeg > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. > > ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== > CAN-MANITOBA-L Mailing List > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmb/canmanitoba.htm > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com.

Hi to all, I'm posting this information for a "friend" from another "genie list" in the hopes that someone might be able to help her in some way - no matter how small. I am looking for record of a marriage that would have taken place sometime between 1885 and 1891, somewhere in Canada, most like B.C. but I'm not sure. The bride was a Lillie Jane WELLS (although she had been briefly married to a Methodist minister by the name of Robert Bruce HEINLAW in 1885, he died shortly after they were married). The groom was a Yorkshire man - William Townsley from Foggathorpe, nr. Selby. Can you help? Any ideas? Anything is much appreciated Thanks from Gail in storming Winnipeg - ------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites.

Hi! Would someone on the list who lives in Winnipeg be willing to make a phone call for me to the Bardal Funeral Home & Crematorium located on Sherbrook Street [(204) 774-7474]. I know for sure my mother was cremated there. She was from Kenora, Ontario, but she died in the St. Boniface Hospital. My father also died in a hospital in Winnipeg (I can't remember which one. He may have been cremated at the Bardal Funeral Home as well. I don't know how receptive they will be, or how willing they are to give out information. They may have not have anymore information than I have already. If someone is willing to give it a try I would appreciate it very much. My mother: Emma Kathleen Krutz (nee Jorgenson) - b. 18 Feb 1916 d. 21 June 1971 My father: Harry Krutz - b. 26 Jan 1913 d. Sept 1988 Sincerely, Noreen (from Vancouver) RESEARCHING UKRAINE>CANADA SURNAMES: KRUTZ/KRUST/KRUTS HRUTS/HRUSCYK/HRUSHAK KORMYLO/CORMYLO/KORMELO PETRUNIAK ANTONIAK

Dear Gail Thank you so very much. This confirms that Bert and Austin C. are actually the same person. Bert later was in the milling business in the Twin Cities in Minnesota. My mother recalls that he was married to a woman named Nellie and that they had a child who was handicapped in some way. I would like the picture if it is not too much trouble. Nicki Harper 6846 Hayden Lake Rd Danbury, WI 54830 Again, thanks so much. If you need anything from Northern MN or WI, let me know. I will certainly try to help. Nicki Gail Peltz wrote: > Hello Nicki, I was down at the main library today and did some digging about your Austin C. RANDALL (Bert). I found on page 1287 (alphabetical section) of the 1927 Henderson Directory: > > RANDALL, Austin C., President of Randall, Gee and Mitchell Ltd. r 8, 785 Dorchester Ave. (I looked to see if this address was an apartment block and it was, and it was then called Panama Court, I checked and it's still called that. (I found a picture of it in a Winnipeg Apartment listing if you want I can email it to you). > > In the Classified Directory & Buyers Guide page 1610 (of same Henderson Directory) I found: Gee and Mitchell Austin C. Randall pres. grain merchants 181, 167 Lombard board room 175, 167 same. Randall, Gee & Mitchell Ltd. 181, 167 Lombard. > > I hope this helps you, I'll keep your info for future visits and let you know if I find anything more. > > Regards, > > Gail in Winnipeg > > > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. > > ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== > Free Webspace at RootsWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/press/FPhistory.html > Create your Genealogy Website! > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/

Hi Gail, Thankyou ever so much for taking the time to do that research for me. I really appreciate it. If you ever need something looked up here in Alberta just let me know and I will see what I can find in the books & indexes that I have. I am a bit crippled up and do not drive into Calgary anymore. Regards Florence -----Original Message----- From: Gail Peltz <beaver_peltz@yahoo.com> To: CAN-MANITOBA-L@rootsweb.com <CAN-MANITOBA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, August 05, 2000 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-Manitoba] Surnames Walker & Mitchell > >Hello Florence, > >I went to the main library today and looked through microfiche of the Winnipeg Daily Free Press (not sure if I got the name exactly correct but it's was the only newspaper published in Wiinipeg in 1887), I read the papers from Wednesday August 6, 1887 to Wednesday August 13, 1887 but unfortunately I didn't find any mention of Maria Rosina "Rose" Denning's death. There wasn't an obituary section as such, just mention of local events, such as weddings, appointments, church gatherings, etc.. I'm going to have another look at the newspapers when I go again. I also checked the Henderson Directory which lists local business, lists all the streets and intersections by number and who occupies the premises, and also an alphabetical list of residents. I looked for the name Denning in the years 1886 and 1887 but again I'm sorry to tell you I found nothing. I haven't done this before so it took me a while to get comfortable finding my way around and using the microfiche equipment, ! >but I got some very good help and an interesting booklet that has provided some other resources. As soon as I get some free time I'll do some more searching at the library and archives for you and see if I can find something for you. > >Regards, > >Gail in Winnipeg > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- >Do You Yahoo!? >Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. > > >==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== >Canada GenWeb Archives Project >http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/cgwarchives.html >Primary Records for Canada > >============================== >Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > >

Hello Nicki, I was down at the main library today and did some digging about your Austin C. RANDALL (Bert). I found on page 1287 (alphabetical section) of the 1927 Henderson Directory: RANDALL, Austin C., President of Randall, Gee and Mitchell Ltd. r 8, 785 Dorchester Ave. (I looked to see if this address was an apartment block and it was, and it was then called Panama Court, I checked and it's still called that. (I found a picture of it in a Winnipeg Apartment listing if you want I can email it to you). In the Classified Directory & Buyers Guide page 1610 (of same Henderson Directory) I found: Gee and Mitchell Austin C. Randall pres. grain merchants 181, 167 Lombard board room 175, 167 same. Randall, Gee & Mitchell Ltd. 181, 167 Lombard. I hope this helps you, I'll keep your info for future visits and let you know if I find anything more. Regards, Gail in Winnipeg - ------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites.

Hello Florence, I went to the main library today and looked through microfiche of the Winnipeg Daily Free Press (not sure if I got the name exactly correct but it's was the only newspaper published in Wiinipeg in 1887), I read the papers from Wednesday August 6, 1887 to Wednesday August 13, 1887 but unfortunately I didn't find any mention of Maria Rosina "Rose" Denning's death. There wasn't an obituary section as such, just mention of local events, such as weddings, appointments, church gatherings, etc.. I'm going to have another look at the newspapers when I go again. I also checked the Henderson Directory which lists local business, lists all the streets and intersections by number and who occupies the premises, and also an alphabetical list of residents. I looked for the name Denning in the years 1886 and 1887 but again I'm sorry to tell you I found nothing. I haven't done this before so it took me a while to get comfortable finding my way around and using the microfiche equipment, ! but I got some very good help and an interesting booklet that has provided some other resources. As soon as I get some free time I'll do some more searching at the library and archives for you and see if I can find something for you. Regards, Gail in Winnipeg - ------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites.

I can understand the confusion, I also found them hard to figure out. I don't guarantee that the numbers I have given you are correct, but as far as I can determine, those are what they should be. The "Eastern Extension" for 1881 is undoubtedly right, for 1891 and 1901, I can't see them being in any sub-district other than LaBroquerie, but I could be wrong. Best of luck with your searches, TTFN, Patricia CMPSOFT@aol.com wrote: > > Hi Patricia, > Thank you very much for the Whitemouth, Elma, Manitoba film numbers. When I > looked at the LDS microfiche I was very confused. I didn't know how to find > out what district these towns were in. > Colleen Perry > > ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== > Manitoba Regions - Volunteer Opportunities > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmb/regions.htm > > ============================== > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/ -- patsherman@writeme.com or software@yellowknife.com http://www.onelist.com/community/hall-geneseekers (listowner) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~geneseeker http://www.my-ged.com/hall-cda/ (online GEDCOM database) http://users.internorth.com/~wiccan/personal/foyer_p.htm *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* In perpetual quest of elusive British and Canadian ancestors: BEST-BOOTH-BUTTERS-HALL-HATCH-POOLE-POTTER-SHERMAN-TOMLIN-WEBB *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*