> > >This seems to be rather political to me, for website that such is not supposed to appear on. > This is history. During the Famine years, the Know-Nothings tried to pass laws to stop the Papists from immigrating. It was very political in the 1840-50s but now it is history. If you put 'Know Nothing Party' in a google search you will find many sites dealing with it. Here is part of a collegiate historical site I found: > > Know-Nothing party > > also called the American party, formed in the 1850s to oppose > immigration and the election of Roman Catholics to political office. > Because its members originally met in secret and were unwilling to > divulge what they stood for, their name came from their response to > questions: "I know nothing." They nominated ex-president Millard > Fillmore in 1856 and won the electoral votes of Maryland. The party > failed because of its unwillingness to take a stand on the issue of > slavery > -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA, list admin http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton