My gr. mother died in the 1918-1919 influenza epidemic also. I never knew her and she died when my Mother was 8 years old. Have been doing family genealogy for the past 13 years and am just now finding out about her and her family. A tremendous amount of information is coming on line now. My 5th generation g.father was a 2nd Lieutenant in the American Revolution and his grandson was in the Confederacy and is listed by the DAR membership index. The 6th generation gf owned 3 plantations. It is thrilling to find out about the family that I and my Mother never knew anything about and little sad to learn about some of the hard times some of them had. The family has been traced back to Rob Roy McGregor and but that may never be totally documented as so many records in Ireland were burned in by the IRA in 1993, (I believe that's the correct date). I have enjoyed reading about everyone's family on this thread!! Variety is the spice of life...