Hi all, Yes, I'm still alive, I'm just monitoring TRYON list now until lift off on "THE QUEST 3" which is my twice yearly expedition out to meet new relatives and visit more libraries, archives, museums and cemeteries in the counties of NORTHUMBERLAND, DURHAM, SIMCOE, VICTORIA, ONTARIO, PETERBOROUGH and the county of MUSKOKA. The above counties are dwelling places of my GRIFFIN, GEORGE ADAM TRYON and WILLIAM JOHN TRYON families and off branches of both. As I said earlier in my e-mails I am related 2 ways to the TRYON's; 1) SARAH ANN GRIFFIN who married William JOHN TRYON (she is my 2nd great grandaunt) 2) LUCINDA TRYON ('81) who married my great grandfather JAMES GRIFFIN making her my great grandmother. She was daughter of GEORGE ADAM TRYON. One week from today (Sat. Oct. 4), I leave for the Ontario Archives for a 10 hour marathon of research into the GRIFFIN's and TRYON's ( mostly GRIFFIN's). To Bill, I made up my itinery for the trip but I, unfortunately, couldn't find enough time to travel all the way to WESTPORT (hopefully THE QUEST IV in spring '98). Thanks to you all, Bill for your marriages etc. from the alberta archives research. Anne my new found cousin in SURREY for the obituaries (I'm going to try and get WILLIAM JOHN's obituary from the newspaper when in Gravenhurst). And last, but not at all least Don, who so graciously sent me the PAF file on my request for LUCAS and CALEB's families. Thanks Again, DAN WJ GRIFFIN "GRIFF" P.S. I now have unsubscribed to the other 9 mailing lists I belong to around the world, but I am keeping TRYON open until FRIDAY OCT. 3,1997. I probably will put in mail mode while I am away until my return.