Hello all, Yesterday, someone left this tantalizing message in my guestbook on my home page. So, I asked Doug what he thought about it as he has been to England before and perhaps would know if this were legitimate. Sometime later, I thought, ask Colin, too--he lives there. He ought to know! After a long absence from our LIST (for personal reasons), I was surprised that Colin responded. His investigative work is reported below. ------------------------- Forwarded to Colin <<<Dear Doug, What do you make of this message left in my guestbook on my home page? Does this seem like a legitimate address to you? Is this a hoax? Or is this for real? Is there a Baron Sherborne? Name: BARON SHERBORNE E-mail address: NONE Homepage URL http://NONE? Comments: I now head the Duttons of Sherborne not by blood but by title and devotion. I am interested to hear from other Duttons as my family are all but extinct. add: 45 Sherborne Cheltenham GLOS GL54 3DH ENGLAND I have the largest collection of books and photographs in England. tel/fax 01451 810860(england) Monday October 11th 1999 07:02:42 http://books.dreambook.com/dutton/second.html Carole>>> ------------------ <<<Hi Carole, As you have probably noticed I have been missing from any communications for quite some time, there have been several reasons, the two foremost being that a) (snip) b) I ...could not get my e-mail to work, after a few months of messing around I finally conceded and had to buy a new and faster modem and am now up and running, the trouble is that I now have 1400 e-mails to wade through!! Anyway, that's not what you wanted to hear. Thanks for the interesting e-mail, I followed it up by looking on various internet search sites but could find no reference to the address or telephone number under the surname of Dutton. The Sherborne branch of the family are refered to in the 'Duttons of Dutton', this you already knew. So, I telephoned the number and chatted to a lady for some five or ten minutes and she confirmed that the message was quite correct and that her son (who was at work) has been trying to contact any Duttons. He is in fact a Dutton heir albeit but is called Byron Hadleigh and he has got a wealth of information, books, photographs etc, which he gained from his Grandmother (who is in her 90's). I will call him later and e-mail you with the results. Regards to you Colin p.s. you can flash this out on the rootsweb if you like.>>> Hmmmm. Now, I wonder what we might learn from Byron Hadleigh!!?? Carole