I've always wondered how Carolyn Stoddard's education was handled when she was a child and a teen. Since Elizabeth wouldn't permit any live-in staff at Collinwood after the events of 1949 (at least until Vicki arrived), I would assume that would also include a governess. Did Liz allow Carolyn to attend the Collinsport public schools? I can just picture Carolyn setting her sights on hunky Joe Haskell, the high school's star quarterback! (I also imagine Carolyn toying with some of her male teachers just to get passing grades!) Maybe Liz hired someone from the village to drive out to the estate each weekday and teach Carolyn. Somehow I get the impression Carolyn was never shipped off to boarding school. Also, you might be pondering if Carolyn ever had any post-graduation plans. Other than her brief job at the antique shop & in-between her series of wacky romances, she seemed to have little to do other than help her mother with chores & social activities. It would have been interesting to see Carolyn take a position at the cannery - I can just see her as a tough-as-nails businesswoman!

I have a question concerning a plot point after the 1897 storyline. Did the Collins family (in 1969/1970) realize that Barnabas had gone into the past to help David? If they did not, how did Barnabas & Julia explain his absence all those months in 1897?