Your message struck a note with me. In Iowa, we have a similar circumstance. The lady I am thinking of also has never married, no children, but she is involved in producing a family newsletter with interesting bits of information she has collected, and sends it to her brothers, nephews, cousins on a more or less regular basis. They all enjoy it and she is "planting the seed" for the next generation to continue her research. More power to her. Ruth in Iowa > Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 03:02:52 -0700 > > Dear Listers: I am a single woman----and I have been doing research on my > family lines since 1974. Why? . . . . All of this, is of great satisfaction to me, and I hope it will be to the younger generation!!!! > Ruth T. in NH