if (File.Exists("Persons.xml"))
{
    XDocument personDoc = XDocument.Load("Persons.xml");

    var personList = from p in personDoc.Descendants("Person")
                     select new {
                         Firstname = (string) p.Element("Firstname"),
                         Lastname = (string) p.Element("Lastname"),
                         Email = (string) p.Element("Email"),
                         Weblog = (string) p.Element("Weblog"),
                         Active = (int?) p.Element("Active") ?? 0
                     };

    foreach (var person in personList)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Firstname: " + person.Firstname);
        Console.WriteLine("Lastname:  " + person.Lastname);
        Console.WriteLine("Email:     " + person.Email);
        Console.WriteLine("Weblog:    " + person.Weblog);
        Console.WriteLine("Active:    " + person.Active.ToString());
        Console.WriteLine("----------------------------------------");
    }

    Console.ReadKey();
}

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