Thanks Carole - I don't think that you will have any trouble finding your way as Kingston isn't that large a city. When I spoke to Linda a few days back she said that rooms for the conference activities would be finalized early next week - she said to phone Conference Services at Queens 613-533-2223 next week. Also she said that registration would be at Leggat Hall on Stewart Street. If you get confirmation on any of this maybe you could post it. Thanks to you and your sister for putting the effort in organizing the Ruckle session - I'm sure when we meet we will have lots to talk about with many 'trees', pictures, people and history to go over. I hope that those who are of Palatine descent, and live close to the Toronto/Montreal corridor (both Canadian and American sides), will use this opportunity and come to Kingston during the weekend to meet each other and share the information that each of us have collected. See you on the weekend. Denis Jones At 05:48 PM 8/10/04 -0400, you wrote: >Denis, >I wish I could give you more details about the location of the meetings. We have been assured by Linda Cormick that we will have no problem getting a room for the meetings but she hasn't assigned us one yet. We just emailed her again. >She has not even told us where to go when we arrive or where our rooms are that we will be staying in for the four days. >Maybe she will email us back and let us know more. As soon as I find out from her I will let you know. >I have been telling people that we will post the location of the meeting room at registration. >We are leaving Baltimore, MD on the morning of Wednesday the 18th and will arrive in Kingston late in the evening. >I hope to have more information for you soon. >Carole > > >==== IRL-PALATINE Mailing List ==== >List Administrator: >Susan Laursen Willig >IRL-PALATINE-admin@rootsweb.com

I would like to express my appreciation to Carole Ruckle Richardson and her sister Eleanor Ruckle Millken for hosting the Ruckle Reunion in Kingston as part of the joint meeting of the Canadian Methodist Historical Society and Historical Society United Methodist Church. I had to go back eight generations to the mother of my ancestor, Philip Embury, namely Margrath Ruckle, to establish my connection to this illustrious family. Not only did I discover more resource material for my own archives, but I also met face to face with so many fellow correspondents to this list. These benefits would not have been possible without the efforts of Carole and Eleanor as well as the support of their husbands. I only regret I was not able to return on Saturday to meet so many other descendants of this Irish Palatine family. Fred H. Hayward Oakville.