"The minister was sailing across Loch Na Keal in Mull when a storm blew up and sank the small boat resulting in the loss of the parish records . Did the minister and the boatman survive? There is an absolutely true story of census returns for a Fife parish which were put on the mail coach in good order but were missing by the time the coach reached Edinburgh. I've always wondered who made off with them and how disappointed the thief must have been that all he had was a pile of worthless papers... ___________________________________________________________ Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html