Just in time for St. Patrick's day, Boston College has announced it's putting online the "Missing Friends" column through which Irish immigrants in Boston tried to find relatives and friends they'd lost track of. This is potentially an incredibly useful resource for those of us searching for *our* relatives. It previously was available only as an eight-volume collection of books. The database is at <infowanted.bc.edu> _Information Wanted :: Home_ (http://infowanted.bc.edu/) There's a long article about the ads and the database in today's Boston Globe: _http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/03/17/the_irish_imm igrant_past_gets_tie_to_today/_ (http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/03/17/the_irish_immigrant_past_gets_tie_to_today/)