Margaret J Stevens wrote: > > Hi, > I thought the bottom line of your story was to have been the trunk was > found; the contents inventoried and she had grossly overstated her > losses. Guess I should have more faith in people's honesty. (Too many > years as a probation officer has done this to me. > Joyce Stevens > Family genealogists never die; they just lose their census! Well, that lady was one RICH lady. I don't even carry clothes worth that much when I travel. Many women in those days had only one good dress, usually their Sunday best. And two MAYBE 3 dresses for the rest of the week. (Usually only 2, one to wear all week, then one to wear while the first dress was washed). Brenda Hébert http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/e/b/Brenda-M-Hebert