My name is Joanna French. I have never met Nick in person, but we conversered frequently over Ancestry. He was , as we noted, my 8th cousin through the winding road that lead back to the 1700's and a common Crook ancestor. As you probably know, he wrote well,and I soon got a sense of his personality. I live in Canada and for a time lived in Ottawa so we had a couple of things in common. Today as I was looking something up in my tree, I went to his tree on Ancestry and found to my shock that he had passed away. It was such a strange feeling of sorrow and loss that I experienced while looking at his memories and then his service and burial. I so enjoyed his comments and also his generosity is helping me with my own search. just wanted his partner and friend to know that even faraway in frosty Canada, I missed knowing that he was there at the other end of the ancestry line, to ask a question and get a friendly learned anwer. I am so sorry,