From: TERRY HOPKIN- SUNDBY > One should remember these lost dates, and also that the world did not > adopt the same calender at the same time so ship trips etc can be > weeks longer, shorter than expected. Deaths abroasd can be recorded > localy in one calender and the UK under another. regards Terry Norway > "Happy New Year" Good point, Terry! -- Roy Stockdill Professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE