Hello All: In going through each of my files with a fine-tooth comb, I happened upon the following from October 1995, when I spent a month at St. Deiniol's Library in Hawarden, North Wales. I remember that I came across a big, thick, heavy book, with one of the longest titles I've ever encountered: "The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years; Apprentices; Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations 1600-1700, with Their Ages, the Localities Where They Formerly Lived in the Mother Country, the Names of the Ships in Which They Embarked, and Other Interesting Particulars. . . . from Mss. Preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England," edited by John Camden Hotten. London: Chatto and Windus, 1874 I was looking for various ancestors, among them WHITNEY, but I noted that the book did not include Mayflower passengers in the Index (I cannot tell you why, or even if there was a dis- claimer). However, this is what I copied for the Whitney family: " 13 April 1635 In the Elizabeth and Ann, Roger Cooper, master. . . . . .[among other passengers, the following] Years Jo. Whitney 35 Jo. Whitney 11 Richard Whitney 9 Nathaniel Whitney 8 Tho. Whitney 6 Jonathan Whitney 1 Ellen Whitney 30 " Looking back at the book title now, I wonder if I missed other valuable information that might have been entered, but alas! I know not. This at least gives an exact departure date, and confirms the names and ages as you have them already recorded. Perhaps this will inspire someone to go to Her Majesty's Public Record Office to ferret out the manuscripts preserved there! Sally Whitney Goodfellow