> I'm wondering where the original poster disappeared to and why we > have gotten no feedback so far from that original poster with a real > ID! (although possibly a munged adddress). I'm also wondering if > he/she has any connection to my 7g-grandfather, Jonathan Hyde > (1626-1711), who was born at Denton, Lancashire, England and died 05 > Oct 1711 at Newton/Cambridge, Middlesex, MA. > > Robert Heiling <robheil@attbi.com> Been busy as a one-armed paperhanger. Also, put off a bit when my post didn't show up for several days, I thought I'd been rejected by your (non-existant?) moderator. Some glitch.... [ The moderator exists. He just disappears from time to time to lead folks to the tops of mountains (my *other* life) ... -Mod ] But all the responses are much appreciated! Here's an ID: David L. Babcock, Canandaigua, NY, USA, 14424. There's two of us here, no relation, I'm the D L B that doesn't teach music... I didn't mention that Mother died in the sixties, and frankly nobody thought much about that big box until my eldest son suddenly found a need for roots. He's been scanning hundreds of old and very old photos, and posting the results on a website (forum) he set up for this. The intent is to post the family data on the same site, unless there's some incompatibility with the forum software (phpBB). Since he is the software expert, he will want a major say in program selection -I have been delegated the reseach function, especially since he has a great distaste for newsgroups. He says they are almost as big a black hole for time as chat rooms. (Well, they ARE, aren't they!!) (He has a job, I've retired.) So I will be condensing all your posts into a large email to him soon. Tonight maybe. But I invented procrastination... Robert: Just for you I got the charts out: She found William Hyde, born in England, died 1681 in Norwich Conn, and son Samual (1637-1677), born and died in the same state, who is my 7g-grandfather. We could fancy that Samual and Jonathan were cousins?? This could be addictive... Ol' Bab "Ol' Bab" <olbabNO-SPAM@rochester.rr.com>