When people have asked me for advice about using the computer for genealogy... I’ve told them to try every possible lead. I shared this story off-line with a lister, and thought I would share it with all of you. My great grandmother's name was Crowe. All of her relatives had emigrated from Emly, County Tipperary, to Troy (I thought). I saw a posting for Crowes in Australia. I sent my family information figuring that maybe this gal from Australia would file it, someone else would send her information... and she would remember my family data, maybe see something that connected. I got an email back from this gal from Melbourne telling me that her husband was my third cousin. And he was! This led me to discover an entire family branch I hadn't known. I then "met" a fellow by the name of O'Brien through an Albany cousin— the parents of O'Brien from Sydney and her husband had kept in touch, being first cousins. I mentioned the Sydney people to my “Melbourne connection“ and vice versa. Never heard of each other. I passed along their addresses and phone numbers. Both families had grown up in Melbourne (O'Brien moved to Sydney because of career)... they were second cousins... and neither family had known the other was alive. They met for dinner, and I- the Yank who had "introduced" the cousins- was toasted at their meeting. Not only did I locate more than 100 Australian relatives... I helped them to meet each other. And only because I followed what I thought was an impossible lead.