Kerryman, thanks for your input and the tone in which it was offered. I have done some research , using a paid service that does such things, and a brother and son #3 have done more, both using services of the Mormon Church in Utah, who store vast amounts of genealogy material. My data is all at least second hand. You may well be in a position to either know more than I do on the subject or at least have easier access to data on the subject. That's why I offer up gentle arguments. I am pretty comfortable with the English and German aspects of the research, and that oncerning my distant cuz, not that I expect to inherit the castle or anything.
You will not change my mind, however, about a preference for things Scot rather than Irish, including whiskey, and for a full set of good Scot pipes rather than the puny little sit down pipes often seen in Irish hands, er, maybe other body parts.
I still do not think a lot of Monty, and still think the notion of his possible involvment in Patton's untimely death as the war was ending at the very least has a degree of merit. Water over the dam now.
Otherwise, thanks again, you seem like a nice guy. I just don't understand how you can stop in raining in South California, I missed something there.
