You are so lucky to be able to meet an older relative in their native country. Maybe someone has already suggested this - but I would take a tape recorder and record your conversations with your g uncles. While you are there would you please ask them if they have ever heard of a Robert Burnside who left for America - just kidding :) Have a great trip! Linda -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Lester C Griel III" <lcg112@gmail.com> > Thanks to all who gave me advice on my upcoming trip to Ireland in May. I'll > post to the list with how I did when I return. I am very excited to go. > There are two great uncles of mine who I will be meeting for the first time > that are both in failing health so I am particularly looking forward to > meeting them and listening to their stories. > > Lester C Griel III BS, RN > Graduate Assistant, School of Nursing > 307G Health and Human Development East > 814-867-0541 > Family Nurse Practitioner Student, The Pennsylvania State University > Firefighter, Alpha Fire Company: online at www.alphafire.com > Secretary, The Firemans Relief Association of State College, Pennsylvania > Genealogist: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=lgriel3 > Researching the Griel, Hill, Eastep, Kinsey, Donald, Franke, Espenshade > and Showalter surnames. > 814-883-6552 > Reply to: lgriel@comcast.net > "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter > and those who matter don't mind." > – Theodore Seuss Giesel > Security is our nearness to God, not our distance from danger. -Kenneth R. > Hendre >   > ("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._ >    (`6_ 6  )   `-.  (     ).`-.__.`) >     (_Y_.)'  ._   )  `._ `. ``-..-'      >    _..`--'_..-_/  /--'_.' ,'               > (il),-''  (li),'  ((!.-' >   > We are........ > Penn State! > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message