While it is not key to any current discussions going on with the NEVILLE list, I wanted to note the passing March 25th, 1999 of my grandmother, Mary Marie Barker NEVILL. She was born 9/12/1902 and married Irwin Lowell NEVILL, who was descended from the Benjamin Nevill clan in Indiana. There are a number of folks now tracing this line (William Nevill - Elizabeth Chandler) back through Indiana and Kentucky. Marie Nevill was the matriarch of my Nevill family. Her only child, William Albert Nevill (my father) turned 70 on January 1st of this year, and she was an honored guest at his party. We should all be so fortunate to attend our children's 70th birthday celebrations! Unfortunately, she was not on good terms with the Nevill in-laws, and even though she was of sound mind, she didn't want to talk about her invaluable knowledge of the Nevill family that spanned this entire century. Her husband died in 1976. Whenever my research turned up a relative, I would talk to grandma and invariably get some non-committal reply like, "Oh yes, there were Nevills down in Mead, Indiana, but there's nobody there anymore." I was frustrated at the knowledge I know she had but didn't want to give. The connections and history of the family are certainly more important in the long run than any personal arguments during our lives! May we all learn to give freely of our history to those who can carry it forward. --Paul Nevill Richardson, Texas