Hi Freda. I am ALWAYS glad to receive e-mail on any subject under the sun. I feel as though, in my old age (64) I have hit the jackpot. My only sister, Jen, died in March this year, in Calgary. The Lists I am on have stopped me from getting very depressed about this. [email protected] is what I am on, and also [email protected] If you put Rootsweb into your search engine, the whole thing will come up, and if you join one of these lists, you will make a lot of friends on the internet. I have signed off from Lancsgen because it is too deadly serious for me. ENG-LIV is serious too, but Northern allows us to talk about anything under the sun - although we try to keep a Northern connection. People from all over the world are on it, some of them very serious researchers looking for a little light relief. I am sorry to see that you have lost people dear to you this year. My own mum died 5 years ago. She lived with us at the time, and she died in a nursing home while I was away on holiday. I will always feel sad about that. But I feel worse about my sister because she was my younger sister and she shouldn't have died. My dad died in 1953, aged 41. Better stop. Getting maudlin - where did you go to school? I went to St Hilda's in Sefton Park, after Birchfield Road. I have been to St Mary of the Angels, Fox Street. I am a Catholic now, by choice. Wonder if it's what's in me coming out? Marj (call me anything - my "real life" friends call me Marj - Marged is for the Internet for various reasons) I am on the MARGED --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22/12/00