Thanks to all (especially Amy Dawes, who seems to have started the recent flurry of messages here) for using the Dawes Delving mailing list! She's from Stratford Upon Avon, what a great address... Amy, Francis Dawes is a VERY common name in my Dawes branch, see this search: http://mysearch.looksmart.com/query.go?db=db_45503&query=francis where Francis shows up 17 times! But, alas, we can't affirm connections to any living English Dawes families: our only known English connection is Adrian of Newthorpe, Nottinghamshire, circa 1640. Some day, there will be more searchable Dawes family databases on the Web and we'll get more tie-ins! I know next to nothing about genealogy, but keep this site going in memory of my father, Richard Marion, who spent years leafing out our tree. Thanks for the Dawes Family's computerized tree goes to our site's Content Master, Dan Kangley ... perhaps you other computer types can get some help from him? A mini-report on the Dawes Delving membership list: where are we from? Australia 3 Canada 4 India 1 UK 1 US 24 Private 6 Total 39 Bill Dawes bill@XXXdawesbiz.net (remove the XXX) ColorPro Communications Webmaster http://colorpro.com/wmdawes/