Bob Epp wrote >>> I was able to get in on the first try!! I copied the URL that was posted into the address bar of my browser and bingo.... ----------------------------------------- DITTO! and I'm on WebTV :-) Great site! I found several articles about my ggrand uncle, Dr. Thomas Holmes, the famous Civil War embalming-surgeon, who died Jan. 8 1900 in Brooklyn, NY. Jackie My Surnames: Beardsley... Brodhead... Brown... Bunnel/Bunnell... Christie... Connors... Demarest... Erbrecht... Haring... Hasbrouck... Hayden... Hinz... Holmes... Husted... Ludwig... Mosher... Ogden... Pierson... Thorpe... Tribert; NY, NJ, CT, IL Homepage: http://community-2.webtv.net/bunny-jo/ECHOSFROMTHEPAST3/ View my genealogy queries: http://cousinconnect.com/p/a/0/u/52742/