Not being a user of Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn, I thought it was time to make some concessions to ultramodern communications technology in a modest way. My main purpose is to reach out to persons interested in the historical themes I have researched and to stay in contact with friends and acquaintances. I am very grateful to Christian Lendl and Claudia Jandl who assisted me in compling the homepage. I intend to update the material on a regular basis and will answer any comments or inquiries you send by mailing mail [at] mcloughlin [dot] at