At 10:19 PM 02/20/2000 -0000, you wrote: >Hi All, > >you see what happens when you get all excited. No not that!! I forgot to tell you something. > >Charles and I discussed with Byron the possibility of obtaining him an aold computer from British Telecom to chart all of his information on. We also discussed archiving his and our information so that it doesn't get lost or destroyed and we thought that it may be of interest to scan all photographs and documents and preserve them on a CD as both Charles and I have CD writers and scanners. > >It may also be an idea to get all the Duttons to do the same and for maybe, Mike or whoever, to be the custodian of the archive but with all of the information freely obtainable be us all. Could we be as good as the Mormons and have our own sets of CD's of Dutton memorabilia, maybe they would even crave a copy for their own archive, who knows. > >Anyway, it's just a thought and I hope that you will all give it a little thought as weel. > >Regards and love for now. > >Colin Hi, Colin: I am unable at this time to swing a trip to the British Isles, but I am emphatically and enthusiastically in favor of your suggestion. I would gladly contribute time and treasure (such as I have available) to whatever "the group" decides. I am not too worried about a scam, as although we Dutton descendants seem to have many talents, I have not noted dissimulation as being one of the common ones <grin>. In terms of contributions of information, I have a great deal of primary and secondary material about the Duttons of the Dutton District in Springfield, Vermont, USA, and would gladly provide copies in whatever form (I have a scanner at home, and access to a CD writer at work). Darrell A. Martin, son of Kathelyn Mae (Dutton) Martin raised in the Dutton District in Springfield, Vermont currently in exile in Addison, Illinois (suburb of Chicago) darrellm@sprynet.com http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/