I have been plahing with genealogy for a couple of years and frustration drove me to take an extension course in Family Tree Maker and the basics of information search. I have ancestors and relatives in Jamaica and I finally found this newsgroup and you all have given me three things. 1) A viable source of information about the West Indies. 2) A real education in excavating and sharing information. 3) A thirst for more information into the hows, whys and whens of the whole area. Now my question. Is there a cure for insatiable curiosity? I visited a few of the islands in the West Indies when I was 20 and had little interest in the past (Navy). How I would love to go back there now. Thanks to you all. I will share whatever information I find, but I feel quite ignorant still. Jim