New on HCGS WebPage: Lena Ratliff was a Hood County Teacher for mare that 40 years. She died recently at almost 99 years old. If you were a student under Lena or knew her please contribute your recollections of her and her students. See this URL for information and her obituary. http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/RatliffLenaOwens.htm -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa