Raining here too Jan, plus thunder boomers and etc. Good day to clean a closet. :) which I am doing. WE have a poet here on our list. So thought I'd share Jan's poem with all of you, Alice Hi Alice, On a rainy day and a quiet time on the Mendon list- have to share some very poor poetry (hence called Delorey Doggerel) which I did some years ago.... Orphans on my charts Are the bane of my existence Why was I not blessed With forebears of persistence? Who would take their little babies To be baptized in the church Or leave a family Bible Instead of a genie search I've checked the deeds and probates Until I'm bleary eyed And, at this point in research I'm not sure they lived or died! But I am not discouraged At this maddeningly slow pace I may just claim my ancestry Through an alien from outer space!! Jan