The list has been quiet for so long that I thought I'd post this piece that I found in "Great Lakes Shipwrecks and Survivals" by William Rattigan. It is found on pg's 98-99 of the book. VISION OF GRANDFATHER CAPTAIN A curious instance of psychic phenomena was reported to an Ontario newspaper in 1869, the memorable year in which the schooner Persia went down with all hands, a tragedy that inspired the ballad dedicated to Lake Huron and a long-time favorite sailor song. During the same November storm that swallowed the Persia, the little granddaughter of Captain Disbrow, sailing master of the schooner Volunteer, awoke her mother about midnight and asked to have a lamp lighted, because she had seen "grandfather captain" standing by her bedside. The grownups tried to dismiss the youngster's vision as no more than a nightmare, but they themselves were seized with uneasy foreboding because it was the ominous night before Thanksgiving and one of the worst November storms on record was raging across the Lakes. Several days later their secret fears, and the child's dream, became realized when news arrived that the schooner Volunteer had been wrecked by the storm and that Captain Disbrow had gone down with his ship. Linda Talbott pandora1790@ncats.net The USGenWeb Census Project ® http://www.us-census.org/ State Assignment Coordinator for: Indiana Massachusetts Michigan New York Ohio Vermont U.S. Military and Naval Forces