Hello All, At the beginning of October Jim BATES sent me this Prayer, I thought you would like to read it. A Prayer for Genealogists by Curtis Woods. Lord, Help me dig into the past, and sift the sand of time, That I might find the roots that make, This family tree of mine. Lord, Help me trace the ancient roads, on which my father's trod, and led them through so many lands, to find our present sod! Lord, help me find an ancient book, or dusty manuscript, That's safely hidden now away, in some forgotten crypt. Lord, let it bridge the gaps that haunts, my soul when I can't find, this missing link between some name, that ends the same as mine! Have a good time, >From Jim Bates that Fawkesian reprobate, who is claiming to be descended from Thomas Bates who was hanged, drawn and quartered in the St Pauls Churchyard 1606 for his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot. Read all about it on http://www.kingsclere.org.uk/gunpowder.html