Hello All: I hope I am not "out of line" forwarding this URL to all of you. Maybe some of your ancestors lived in Edinburgh at one time or another, thus they might have been "?Lucky?" enough to be mentioned in this newspaper at one time or another. Anyway, I'm taking a chance forwarding this URL and if I'm not supposed to do this, would the Listmaster please inform me of this and I shall endeavor to try to not do this in the future. Historic Milestone for Scotsman The Edinburgh-based Scotsman newspaper has been published for over 187 years and now the organisation has launched a digital archive of every issue from 25 January 1817 to 1900. This web-based electronic archive displays each article as it originally appeared and will shortly be extended to 1950 and eventually to the present day. History, whether on the world stage or about individuals will be available. The assassination of President Lincoln, the death of Sir Walter Scott, the trial of Burke and Hare or the exploits of the Light Brigade at Balaclava sit side-by-side with genealogical information about our Scottish forebears who made it to the pages of the Scotsman for one reason or another. The Scotsman claims to be the first paper in the UK to do this. Of course, the service is not free - a 24 Hour Pass will initially cost around £6 or a 48 Hour Pass provides two full days of unlimited access for around £10. These introductory rates will last until January 2005. See http://archive.scotsman.com/ William Lipham dobi@comcast.net