If you could invite any of your deceased ancestors to your holiday gathering, 1) who would it be, 2) why would you invite this person in particular, and 3) what would you ask them that you have been wanting to know about them, or an aspect of their life? ==================================== GREAT IDEA!! *S* I would invite Cadwallader WATKINS, who immigrated to old Chester Co., PA.... with his minor son, Robert, in about 1700. This one Welsh ancestor...is definitely a puzzle, as we have never known who his late wife was. Not even her name. Nor have we known, "for sure", where in Wales he immigrated from. Our best guess has been Dolghallau ("Doe-Golly"), in an area that starts with "Men...", but as far as I am currently aware, none of my many cousins have actually found the evidence for this. My 10 questions to my 4 x great great grandfather would be: 1. Who were your parents? 2. Was WATKINS your actual surname...or were you actually Cadwallader ap Watkins (ap Walter) ?? 3. Did you have siblings? If so, what were their names, spouse's names, and their children's names? 3. Where, in Wales, were you born? 4. What was your wife's name? a. Her family's information? b. When did you marry? c. Where did you marry? d. Did she die before immigrating, if so when/where? Or on the ship coming over? 5. Where, EXACTLY, in Wales did you immigrate from? 6. What was the reason for immigrating? 7. You lived in a predominantly Quaker village, in PA with Wm Penn as a neighbor. Were you actually a Quaker? If so, we have not found that evidence....yet. 8. Since you were a PA land owner, what was your occupation, in addition to being a farmer? 9. What were your interests, and were you what is considered as...."handy"?? 10. What was your son, Robert's wife's name, and were her parents your close neighbors? Our HYPOTHESIS is that her maiden name was...RHYS (REESE), but that is just a question. Happy Holidays....to everyone, Lisa