Hi Shelagh And all the rest of the HOLMES clan. I have been watching this group for some time for the HOLMES FAMILY HISTORY SOC: of Gt Britain. I agree with you entirely re the release of the information in our files, we have many members sitting on information, which for some reason they won't share. Then we have others like yourself, who passed on to the HOLMES FAM: HIS: SOC: hundreds of hours of work, from the parish registers of KENT. What the HOLMES group need in America, is some one to collate all the info into a database, by State, County & Town. Regards Walter