This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ABB.2ACE/181.731.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Wendy, Thanks for your reply. I think it is a very long shot that we (i.e. your husband and I) have common ancestors. I actually found someone yesterday on a message board that has a gr grandmother with exactly the same name as mine and his gr grandfather (her husband) has the same surname but with a different forename as mine. I sent him an email but have not had a response as yet. I have a good feeling that he and I are related (he is also Australian) and I am hopeful that he can give me a few more pieces of the puzzle. This family history research is fascinating isn't it and quite addictive. It is extremely hot here in Rockhampton Queensland, Saturday was 40 degrees Celcius and today is only marginally cooler. Oh to be in the Northern Hemisphere's winter!!! My daughter and her husband live in Prague and will be Christmassing in Canada. I am very envious. Thanks again for your resonse. Dallas