> I have one census that has a son listed as Birdie. Who in the world would name a son Birdie? Birdie was an alternate spelling of the nickname "Bertie", which was short for Albert, Hubert, etc. It was a common nickname of that era. Miriam Midkiff Spokane, Washington ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.