While there are some great resources on Ancestry.com, please use them very carefully. Some databases are a bit misleading. This has always been the case, but it seems they are becoming a bit more confusing, lately. One must read the description of the database and have a good understanding of its sources. I realise that many of you know this, but beginners might not be quite so aware. As an example, at first glance the database "Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s" may seem to mean that this information is directly from ships lists and/or immigration records. In fact it is from various records that are listed in each individual record. These are great resources and should be looked up for verification. My note of caution is that one should not simply copy the vital statistics as they are listed on the search screen, but dig deeper. Example: Name Year Age Place of Arrival Joshua Edge 1729 Maryland This may seem to indicate that Joshua arrived in Maryland in 1729 or that he filed immigration papers there in that year. The actual record reads as below and shows this entry is from land records. Record info about Joshua Edge Name: Joshua Edge Year: 1729 Place: Maryland Source Publication Code: 1243 Primary Immigrant: Edge, Joshua Annotation: Date and place of mention in land survey. County and name of land purchased are provided. Original records are contained in Land Office Registers, indexed starting on page vii of the introduction. Source Bibliography: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. Settlers Of Maryland 1679 - 1783. Consolidated Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002. Page: 207 Regards, Mary Ellen -- Alternate e-mail: MewexlerA@netscape.net Sponsor: Okaloosa County FLGenWeb page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~flokaloo/Okaloosa.htm EDGE/HARVEY family page: http://www.buffnet.net/~mewexler