I am following the exchanges between you all with a mixtureof apprehension and amusement but mainly awe! Do you all know one another PERSONALLY or is this wonderful communication merely through the ether? It sounds to a new (ish) member as if you are all cousins in a large, loving family - which is, I suppose, what you are. Now, can you bear with someone quite ignorant, as yet, with some of the facts about our Palatines? I am trying to read what I can when I can but rarely has a subject been covered so well with literature that I'm not sure I will ever say I know 'all about the Palatines' (sorry Terry) Can anyone tell me what happened to those who decided not to head for Ireland please? Was the fear of persecution justified? Please bear with my ignorance, if I don't ask, I never will know. Did anyone on the list have any family member left behind and is there any evidence of what happened to them? Many thanks Hazel