Paul and Others... To get things rolling, I returned from a three week plus vacation/estate settlement for my aunt to Ruston LA (home of the Techsters..and yes the Bulldogs, next door to Grambling where we attended a zydeco concert), and Dade & Lawrence Co MO, staying in Joplin, via a brief but noteworthy trip to Benton Co Ar. I have been catching up at work, and thinking about the research/visits with relatives I made, so haven't participated much. However, I take a bus/subway to work and needed reading material. I checked a very abridged version of Wm Byrd's Secret Diaries from the library which looked just perfect for commuter reading....BUT His obsession with eating only ONE item every meal (he lapses sometimes) is quite interesting....My question is: What exactly is the boiled milk he eats for breakfast many mornings? FYI, because I have done alot of research in the area, I recognize about 75% of the people he mentions. His early focus is on a contest for the Prince George Co Clerk position...and he relates the various states of inebriation or fisti-i-cuffs of the folks involved. I have a feeling that some of the most important details were edited out. I have some questions and observations after my trip, that I will post shortly. Best Regards, Janet (Baugh) Hunter..A BYRD descendant..from a group of "guys" that appear in Lunenberg/Halifax/Pittsylvania in the mid 1700s from nowhere (maybe New Castle DE...maybe "byblows" of...), sign petitions, buy land, sell land, carry chains, obviously enjoy procreation, but now wills, no marriages <sigh> recorded in the regular way such events would be, even if just "hand me downs" in family tales..