Goodness, I'd need to win a major lottery but my dream genealogy vacation would go like this: Tasmania (because some of my Convict ancestors first were there), then from Melbourne I'd catch a flight to Paris (some of my QC ancestors) hire a car and go to Le perche, St Malo, Brittany, Normandy (especially Cou, a village where Leuren of Cou Hugenot refugee to England came from, his son Isaac DECEW/DECOU/DECOW settled in PA as one of William Penn's colony, and first Quaker meeting in the US was held at Isaac's newly built house), Provence (many many ancestors throughout France, names including MARCHAND, BENOIT, TROTTIER). Then probably catch trains somehow to go through Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic (my great-grandmother Irma FRANZ was born in Bohemia, emigrated to USA with her parents and siblings as a four year old) then on to Hungary to see what we can find out about my father-in-law's Roma (surname MAGYAR) people, then back to the coast to catch the ferry to the UK where I would go to Ireland (COLE, KELLY, JOHNSTON, O'NEIL -- Australian connections), Isle of Skye (McDIARMID -- emigrated to canada), Scotland (CAMPBELL -- to canada) and Yorkshire (TADLOCK Farm is still there!) and also Southwark in London where Anne STEVENSON an Australian foremother was from, I'd also want to check out the Old Bailey, which played such a large part in sending my Australian forerunners here. And then I'd fly to the USA where I would go to South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Georgia, New York, Mohawk valley, Niagara, Washington State (Yakima), and then nip across to Canada and go to Quebec, Ontario and Pentaguishne. I probably left out a few places :) Now that was a nice change of pace from my evening's work writing 600 plus words about nuts and bolts (big ones, like 3metres long bolts, used to hold down wind turbines), thanks for the inspiring topic. Best wishes to all Willow in Australia >