I posted this on the Lancashire list yesterday, the same applies to people with Yorkshire connections though I think it might be a few weeks before they travel through Yorkshire but the route can be checked online. Just a brief note for expats, the Olympic Torch Relay is being followed live online and gives an excellent opportunity to see areas that they might not have seen for many years (rather like a continuous Google Streetview). The pictures are being transmitted live from the Media Van (a converted horse box!) and rely on mobile phone / broadband connections so tend to drop out in some areas though they have most problems in town and city centres where there are many people using mobile phones so the network is overloaded. The torch is at present heading for Chester where it will stay overnight before continuing into England, they go South first but then to Bolton on Thursday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchrelay http://www.london2012.com/torch-relay/ Sorry if not directly family history but it seemed a good opportunity for people abroad to see some familiar places. Martin Briscoe Fort William martin@mbriscoe.me.uk