Hi, Missing Lincs, OK, I'm wondering where all those relatives of mine went. Sent to Australia on a prison ship? Drifted down to London to work the docks? Taken up by aliens who liked them so much they invited them to stay on their planet? Where, oh where, did they go? So, where have you looked? Have you been afraid that you might have a convicted criminal in your family tree? Well, family history work often means setting aside your own preconceptions and attitudes. Dig into those Poorlaw records. Young people can be so creative and oblivious to the difficulties of setting out on their own. So where are they? Tell us what source you looked in to find a missing relative. And listen to some old music today in memory of Joe "Speedo" Frazier who died earlier this month. Yeah, I bet you don't know him. Google him. Many of these groups that formed in the 1950s were just learning harmony, some used vocal "tricks" to get people to listen to their work. And they had to gain fame the hard way. If you get a chance, listen to some of the original recordings. You'll hear them sing off key, slurring some words, etc. Some of it is awful, but they were trying to break out of a stereotype and a tradition of music. I've always been in awe of America's ability to spawn new musical "types", like Jazz, Country Western and Rock and Roll. But birth is a painful thing. And we Brits have done our part, for sure. Still doin' it. And when I was kid, I loved this stuff. Now it's painful to listen to how bad some of these groups really were. But we all burn a few dishes on the way to learning to cook well. Lou (list admin.)