Hello Sylvia, Great to hear from you, but sorry to hear the bad news. I know I feel the grief from the loss of a companion animal as deeply as that of a human family member. You descend from a well-known line: Maria Eva STRAUB, daughter of Andreas STRAUBE (immigrant to Philadelphia in 1743 on the brigantine "Mary"), who married the Revolutionary War soldier, Joseph HOUGENDOBLER. http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/6/Straub/FGS/JosephHougendobler-MariaEvaStraub.htm I hope some day I can prove a link to my immigrant. <sigh> Glad you wrote, and hope you get over your cold quickly. Diana