your mama is right , candy , and it may sound odd at the beginning but it always makes a person sound better if he or she speaks correctly.-i can ask betty next time if she is the eldest.-it would be good to know that.-when we find the diary , i hope it will tell us something about their parents and maybe their ancestors.-if we had a place to start , we might be able to come up with a family tree for them.-since she said all three last names were nolan im thinking none of them was married or had children.- you might ask them if they had any siblings.-they could have had a brother who would have carried on the family name.-we might even find someone alive who would remember about them as great-great-great aunts or whatever.- hey , thats a good thought , johnny.-ill definitely put that on the list.-im wondering if theyll talk to me tonight.-two doors slammed upstairs.- i wonder if that means no .