In a message dated 28/02/2008 23:55:57 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Apparently he said that his elder sister Vera died in the Sheffield Blitz in 1940, possibly in Maples Hotel. Her sister never mentioned Vera that we know of. Hi It is sometimes not possible to find people killed in the Blitz. Marples hotel was full of people when struck by the bomb and many people were never found. There is list of Civilian dead held at Sheffield Archives so perhaps you should contact them As you have had no contact with Vera could she have survived and married and would therefore have had another third surname. I am sending you a picture of Marples Hotel after the bomb hit. regards JUDY ELKINGTON [W.R.Yorkshire, England] www.elkingtonfamily.com [email protected] www.one-name.org/profiles/elkington.html