There has been much discussion in the past in this group regarding whether Elizabeth Woods or Elizabeth Worsop was Michael Woods mother. Stephanie Scott and I have received copies of the McClenaghan papers that were verified by the County Librarian in Meath County Library substantiating that E. Woods is Michael's mother. Page 122 has a rendition on the Woods family. I have scanned these documents and put them on my website at http://www.hsv.tis.net/~rkmccoy/roots/woods/woods.htm. They are in a PDF file. If you do not have the Acrobat Reader to read them, it is a free download from many sites, one of which is http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html. While no evidence this far back in history is irrefutable, this is the best WRITTEN evidence I have seen so far. The file is 1.2Mb, so be patient. Stephanie has also contacted Hibernian Research Company in Ireland to get us validated evidence of the John Woods line. Cost is $250 for 5 hours which is their estimate. I have 8 volunteers to help defray this expense, but we think it may cost a little more and we'd like to get some more help and keep this to $20 or under per person. By contributing, you get an opportunity to contribute to the questions that Stephainie is submitting. Deadline for submitting questions and a check to me will be May 1, 1999. The more money we get, the more we can spend on the research and share with others. Please reply to me at rkmccoy@traveller.com if you are interested in participating. For those who have already volunteered, thanks, I'll get more info to you later. Best Regards, Bob McCoy The glass is half full - Make no judgments