What a wonderful find and a wonderful story! I would love to read about the coffee - Cork connection! Have you already typed that one up somewhere online? Thanks for sharing - connections like this are truly amazing. Susan On 4/4/06, Dennis Ahern <ahern@world.std.com> wrote: > The manner in which the letters of my family were found is one that I > recommend highly. I would call it "random poking" as there is no way I > would have ever found these letters if I was looking for them. > > So, as you can see, serendipity can play a large hand in genealogy. > It seems like when I > kick back and let the unseen hands guide me, is when I make the important > discoveries. Like the fateful cup of coffee that led me to my Ahern > origins in County Cork. But that's another story. >