In a message dated 12/30/98 7:02:17 AM PST, Suehodnett@aol.com writes: << I have yet to discover any religion in my DOWNING line; as far as we know they are still coming out of Yorkshire, England. Sue Hodnett >> Y'know, that reminds me of an oddity I realized last week. Of the nearly 1,800 names in my database in my family line, I have Quakers, Mormons, Church of England and Episcopalian, Lutheran, Presbyterian, and Methodists. But only one of those 1,800 was baptized Catholic as near as I can determine. And I married her!