Hi Mike, Yes, you are right! You did detect frustration!! I didn't expect to see what I found, either!! So, there was also disappointment. I work with numbers and formulas a lot as a school psychologist and behavior patterns and test result patterns. This is much more precise than what I found with the charts that I drew. I like things to come out nicely and neatly--I don't like loose ends. Genealogy appears to have many loose ends--it may drive me crazy, yet! Thank you for your encouraging words!!! I needed that! I have not given up as yet, however. I still think that somewhere it is written what I want to know. Maybe William of Jumiéges has written about it, but I have no access to his writing and I can't read Latin. He has written a "Historia Normannoreum," which I wish that I could read! I have not found a translation on the net. It is probably archived somewhere in Europe --maybe the Benedictines have it. Maybe some Dutton in the future will figure it all out. Someone with more resources than what I have. Again, thank you. Carole Dutton Malisiak > I went through the quest that you are working through around the end of > 1996, detect your frustration, and wanted to offer how I have personally > resolved this. I am sharing this with the list since I believe that others > have gone through the same search or are doing it right now. > Anyway, I say this all not to discourage, but to encourage. We have a rich > heritage irregardless of the precision of our connection to these ancient > times. We know that we would not be here if we did not. I will continue to > pursue fact, but I have also become comfortable knowing that my ancestors, > lived in those times and places, and had some connection with these people.