I agree with Tony that researching your family shouldnt be all about finding famous rich ancestors, Im sure all my family come from ordinary working backgrounds however the real fun has not been just discovering the names and dates but discovering the history of why they were where they were and how they might have arrived there and how this fits in with history both local and european, It was a real thrill discovering that the Johncocks who I originally thought were a Kentish family who had been there for ever, actually came to canterbury in the sixteenth century from walloonthe name originally Jancocke, Now whilst tracing the Guernsey branch of my family Ive discovered a direct link to sark and its colonisation in 1565 by the seigneur of St Quens, one of the original tenants was A Jean Guille and his 2 sons, my fathers greatgrandmother was a Harriet Guille and her grandfather was pierre Guille born in sark in 1785. Karen _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool emoticons - download MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger