I received another tidbit. As the story goes - my Daniel Alec Heyne (b 1890 in Capetown) was deemed 'difficult to handle' by his mother sometime after his father died (which appears to be 1896). He might have been around 8-10 perhaps. He was apparently sent to live with a family out of town or else a childrens home - we believe it was the first. Would this have been common? Would there be any sort of list of wayword childrens homes or such things? I've yet to find any mention of his brother Arthur but I'm still looking. Him mother's name was Isabelle Emma Pike. Thanks. Sharon __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com