Hi You guys really have me interested now. I will go hunting for info too. The more the merrier!! one note; I went to the VA site and found in the papers [biography] from my relative Francis Cooke, Alice was spelled "ALLIS" . BTW I never would have seen this bio and other info there if it hadnt been for the Alice mystery. Thanks Wil _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.