Subj: Explanation. Date: 8/19/2002 5:26:09 AM Central Standard Time From: kenmero@iprimus.com.au (ken meredith) To: Bluchp56@aol.com (Bluchp56@aol.com) G'day Jerry, Richard and cousins. As a way of explanation. I've been collecting all and everything I can on the Meredith name for nigh on 20 years in an attempt to ascertain the Australian roots. I do not have the intellectual experience or authority to dismiss out of hand anything that I do uncover. I file everything away in the expectation that someday it may come into use for me or others. My background is in law enforcement, retired Detective Sergeant, where I had to deal only in facts but could never dimiss hearsay, rumor or even gossip in the search of the truth. Anything that I can verify by official source documents, not just that that has been published, I have in folder form. This with everything else I collect I willingly pass on for those with the expertise to judge on with the understanding that it is raw data only and has not been in any way substantiated. I trust that this may explain the reason I forwarded to the list the document claiming to be the Meredith Pedigree. Yesterday was Long Tan day here in Australia when we commemorate those we lost in Vietnam named after the battle where we we lost our greatest number of young soldiers. Regards to all from Ken Meredith from Timbertown in Australia.