This time of year always puts me in a dilemma. My grandmother's birthday is in just a few weeks and I have no idea what to get her anymore. This will be her 93rd. She's legally blind, so stuff really doesn't matter to her. Her vision has diminished to the point that she can no longer identify people on sight. Her vision is only going to get worse and it depresses her. She used to quilt and garden, but now she lives in an elderly apartment complex and really doesn't see many people. The kids and I went and visited her on our return trip from Wisconsin. She lives in St Louis, Missouri. Now, to give you a little background. My grandmother's father was born in England in 1885. He was the second of three children to Joseph Henry Osborn and Mary Jane Cresswell. Herbert was an interesting character. The Osborn family bible was destroyed, according to family lore, by an aunt who was upset over a divorce in the family. Exactly who or when I don't know, but all that remains is one page -- the page listing Joseph Henry and his siblings. I have a copy of the marriage record of Joseph and Mary Jane. I also have a copy of Herbert's birth record. And a copy of that page of the bible. I had posted that bible page to the Osborn family genforum over two years ago, hoping to connect with descendants of Herbert's sister or someone from England. Joseph and Mary Jane with their children emigrated to America in 1888. Joseph applied for citizenship, but before he could be sworn in, he was crushed between two train cars and buried on Herbert's ninth birthday near Cincinnati, Ohio (sorry Jan, most of this actually pertains to Covington, KY). His older brother drowned a couple of years later, when he attempted to swim across the Ohio River and back and got a cramp -- so much for taking dares! Mary Jane died shortly after that of consumption. Leaving just Herbert and his sister Alice to go live with Joseph's brother George who had also emigrated. A couple of weeks ago, the unthinkable happened, and a lady emailed me about that bible page, stating that she was a descendant of Alice Gertrude. Not paying much attention, I was thinking that she was Herbert's sisters descendant, but it turns out that she was actually Joseph Henry's sister's descendant (granddaughter-in-law). Yesterday, I came home to find that she had emailed me photos of Joseph Henry's parents graves, the church where they are buried, a photo of the cottage where Joseph's mother lived after his father died with Alice Gertrude standing in front of it, and a photo of the cottage today, since that's where they live now! I called my grandmother and asked her if she would like copies of these pictures for her birthday and she was THRILLED at the prospect. Who says people don't read the older posts on these forums???? Jeanne/jmh