Take it from me, Raymond, you may THINK you are retiring from the field of battle, but somehow in "retirement" you end up being busier than ever. I seriously doubt that you will be able to cut yourself off from an occasional foray into the everlasting search for ancestors. If you CAN do it, you have more willpower than I! Like all others who have responded to your announcement, I wish you well, and, May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face. And rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the hollow of His hand. Anthony Mournian San Diego, California ps: Incidently, Grit and I share a common name somewhere in our past: Mournian. If anyone knows more about it than Grit or her cousin, Joan, please tell us!