I recently posted a query on several Lists, including this one, and was overwhelmed by the help and generosity of my fellow Listers. This wasn't a surprise to me - just a reminder. I thanked several Listers directly, but there were so many (including those who replied only on-List) that I know I missed some. So to all of you who I may have missed (you know who you are) -- Thank you, very much !! I also posted a simple query on one of these Lists a couple of days ago, and again had several Listers respond with offers of help, including one who offerred to send material to me by post at their own expense. They made this offer, noting that they were doing so as a way of compensating for similar assistance they had received in the past and which could not practically be repaid directly. I have spent many hours at several different times over the past few years, looking up information and forwarding it to other Listers in response to their queries. Usually I do this without thinking about it. But I have once or twice found myself thinking "why am I wasting my time on this, when I could be doing something for my own research?". Well .... now I know the answer to that question. Let's each one of us give ourselves a wee pat on the back, right now. And the next time someone asks on the List for something - remember all the help we have received in the past. Here endeth the sermon .... Yours, Aye Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada HARRISON Yorkshire, Staffordshire, London (Highgate/Hampstead) POTCHIT Yorkshire FISHER London (Highgate/Hampstead) GRIFFIN Staffordshire STANLEY Staffordshire SMELLIE Lanark, Orkney, Glasgow, Tasmania STIRRAT Ayrshire & Glasgow BAIN Caithness MILLER Caithness, Swaziland SPENCE Orkney TRAILL Orkney SELKRIG Lanark WICKETSHAW Lanark MORRISON Perthshire, Islay, Dumbarton, Glasgow, Australia (Vic) BAIRD Renfrew HAM Australia (Vic) THOMPSON Suffolk AGGUS Suffolk BRIGHTWELL Suffolk LAWSON Clackmannan McNABB Islay MURRAY Dumfries, Renfrew GILLESPIE Dumfries HENDERSON Dumfries TICKET (TAKET) Dumfries CALDWELL Tyrone, Renfrew GRAHAM Tyrone, Ontario Genealogists never die ... they just lose their census. Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission.