I just found this site and I think it is of vital importance. for those of us searching for those illusive women in our genealogy trees, and of course this information works for men as well. It is well written , and even an old dog like me got some neat tips it should be a must for the Newbies and the frustrated researcher of not just Acadian or French Canadian lines. Info on lots of nationalities. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/6354/Women.html Fran Wilcox