Dear Ray and list members, What a great response to Candace and to folks like me. I am writing small books on mycanvas.com for family members and within a year I will tackle my husband's Hogg/Bayne/Farrel/Cousley tree. This one will be hard as I am not infused with the history and flavor, as I have been with the trees on my side. I have discovered there are certain unspoken trends, tendencies, values etc. that go down the generations of families, and one has to be careful to get what I call the flavor. So I immerse myself in the history and geography and then the social history of an area before I write. So I have some questions about sources. You mentioned to Candace she might perhaps look at these postings going back several years. Do we have archives like that? I have been reading here for about 2 years. Secondly, are there any books or web site which would capture the feelings, concerns, history of this area from the early 1800's through the early 1900's? I particularly need to understand that sore point - the Orangemen Protestants and why Dave Hogg's family left Tyrone. I need to understand whether it was economic, socio-economic or whatever the reasons wee for whole families to leave. Any ideas on reading material before I start into this side of the family? Trees are dry - who begat whom doesn't interest our young. I need to research the stories. Joy Hogg, Cadillac Michigan USA