Hi again, Speaking of Thanksgiving, some List Administrators bring up a subject around this time: "Which ancestor would you invite to your Thanksgiving dinner - if you could ? Since Thanksgiving in the US is about a month away, we have lots of time to think about who we would invite. Immediately I would invite all my "brick wall" and "concrete block wall" ancestors, most of whom are involved with my maternal grandmother's "long, complicated story." I want to find out who her birth-mother was in 1889, and that would be the first thing I would bring up for discussion. Another "concrete block wall" involves families in late 1700's Ireland. And, I'll guess a great many people have ancestors from that time in Ireland they can't trace. That's all I'll mention for now. Have a pleasant week ! Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) List Administrator P.S. I would also invite Evan CORKILL who lived during the 1800's on the Isle of Man and England. I would very much like to find out if he remained in contact with his 6 children who were "shipped to Canada" between 1873 -1875. Or, did he just continue being a "Master Mariner" - traveling around the world - until his retirement years - forgetting that he was a father ? (And I want to know if he knew that he had over ~30 grandchildren in Canada and the U.S.) Remember to check the archives of all the Lists and Boards for your surnames and place-names. And, please remember to check the on-line auctions for for your surnames and place-names.