thank you for your advice. I think if I get to make the trip it will be mid-May or there-abouts. I have done some LDS searches and have gotten some information. it gets confusing trying to determine (for sure) who Wm. Watterson's parents were - there seem to have been several Watterson family's with both one and two Ts in the name. I will keep looking. I was also wondering how best to contact Wattersons who are still living on the island. do you have any ideas of how to contact current (distant) family members?

thanks, alisane