I also have saved the Mac***** string as a web page along with the associated links and references provided by Frances. Perhaps a summary of the discussion would do in the Journal with a link to the full text.

I don't think it's a good idea to link directly to the top message in the string since the URL is too bulky and prone to mistyping. I have two suggestions. One would be to create a web page off the message board somewhere else with a shorter URL. I've created one on my web site if it's OK with everyone. Try

www.kaighin.com/familyhistory/board/mac.htm

I've done a bit of prettying up on it and spell and grammer checking.

The other idea is to use Elizabeth's suggestion to use the "Tiny URL" site to create a short URL to the string.

I've just created one. Try this:

http://tinyurl.com/44l72

Greg