"Angling is somewhat like poetry,-- men are to be born so."- Izaak Walton. 1593-1683 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dear Dennis and anyone else interested: The National Archives of Ireland has a page related to this subject. See the first URL listed below. You can search the records by surname. It's pretty interesting reading. -- Bill O'Neal New Jersey USA http://www.kst.dit.ie/nat-arch/search01.html Visit Bill at Home: http://www.mindspring.com/~joekramer/oneal.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Angling may be said to be so much like the mathematics that it can never be fully learnt."- IBID ------------- Original Text From: <[email protected]>, on 9/17/98 09:53 PM: To: [email protected]@Servers[<[email protected]>] I have a friend, Norm Simpson , who lives in Lismore just outside of Sydney. His grand mother was arrested in London for stealing a loaf of bread to feed her children.She was shipped off to Australia with Norm's father . He was anuirsing baby and she had to take him. The other children were placed in homes in London. Norm has done a lot of "Convict Genealogy". He is proud of his mother and has researched and located the store in London where she took the bread, found records of the trial and the judges name. I will be in Sydney in October and return in November. Dennis O'Neal < [email protected] > Ft.Worth,Tx < [email protected] > < [email protected] >