Dear Cat and all, Thanks for clarifying the "rules" in a kind way and supplying hints for locating current families. Actually it's good to know that there are guidelines so that a Rootsweb list won't be used for non- genelaogical purposes. Debbie *****original message follows in part: > Hello Debbie and Everyone, > > Debbie has raised an interesting snag about our genealogy > research......she is asking for info about a person who was living in > 1970.....and chances are they are still alive. > > We do NOT deal with researching living persons within the Genealogical > Community. Our research begins with our great-grandparents who are > usually deceased.....in other words....genealogy deals only with > researching dead folks. *****************