Hi, all.. thanks for the welcome, Wendy, and Irene. I have joined the list because i have been in correspondence with various tolpuddle researchers from time to time, and this list permits one to exchange some knowledge with a wider group. It is also narrow enough in scope that there should not be a lot of irrelevant (to my interests) messages. My interest is primarily centered around the martyrs and their subsequent life in Canada. I happen to live close to where they settled in London Township. My interests in genealogy and local history have drawn me to these folk. I might say that i get a lot of messages each day from various lists. 80% of them i delete and dont even open. My decision on which to read is based solely on the subject wording. I think this is a similar process followed by many people who get overloaded with messages. I'm sure i have missed some good stuff, but its just the way it is. I mention this because i hope people will give good thought to how they title their postings. Try and include specific information that someone else will recognize. I find it useful to include a spousal surname plus a place plus a date. eg "Loveless/Scandrett-Ontario-1850" would get my attention very seriously, whereas "robert-1850" would not even get a sniff. Apologies for getting on this soap-box... its time to get off! I have an excellent article on the Martyrs written in 1970 by Allen Talbot. It deals with tracking them down in Canada. I would be happy to make some copies and send one to anyone who asks by this weekend. Kindly send me a private e-mail providing either a fax number or an address, and i'll do my best to oblige. (shudder, i do hope there arent more than a dozen people who need one :-)) Best wishes to all in their tolpuddle researches. Geoff