At 07:36 AM 2/16/98 -0600, Alison Gene Franks wrote: Hi Alison, all >You are very welcome. Glad to help. If you cannot find the message, I >think it was to Sue, then ask Alice as she may still have it. Regarding the vital records of Braintree, MA, I just searched the digests that I've received since joining and did not find it in those. Sue ? = suemhr@aol.com?? Alice? = Alice Palladini, alicep@ma.ultrane ?? Do any of you have the referenced message of vital records of Braintree, Ma saved. This would be for the two Samuel Aldrich's families, Braintree, Ma. I have a couple questions about the information you sent me Alison. I spent this evening entering it into a PAF3 database, a bit frustrating as it is the first data entry I've done with PAF3 and they've change the command structure a little from 2.xx which I've used for years and entered hundreds of records in.. I've spent several hours over the last month editing a gedcom for my main database. The jerks who did the programing made the note field 2 charters shorter which totally scrambles notes over 78 characters wide.. Notes for 1,646 records takes a while. Fortunately most of them were not that wide. I find it easier to digest information if I create a separate database of it and then later merge it into the main database. First some the dates are listed "ca" 1681, I not sure about that abbreviation. ca=? I guess circa which would be equivalent to PAF's abt for about. The other is the reference numbers used. George 1 Aldrich AJ# 02 Joseph 2 Aldrich AJ # 10 Samuel 3 Aldrich AJ#24 Samuel 4 Aldrich AJ#76 Reuben 5 Aldrich AJ# 229 Nathan 6 Aldrich AJ# 515 James 7 Aldrich AJ#515i Sarah 8 Aldrich The numbers in the names are easy enough to guess, generations. But I couldn't follow the AJ# numbers, do not recognize that numbering sequence but looks a bit like the descendent numbering used by the Decedents of Henry Woodward book I have a copy of although it does not work the same. Can you explain it to me? D. Scott Scheibe dsscheibe@earthlink.net Searching: (first six generations of fifteen partially found) ALDRICH, ANTHONY, APELT, BAUM, CHURCH, FRAZIER, GARDNER, HAMMOND, HENNIG, HUNT, KELLY, KISSELL, LEIN, MANLEY, MC CLOUD, MC GINNIS, MEYER, MOORE, MOSLEY, MYERS, NANCE, RIECHE, SCHEIBE, SCHUMAKE, SHAW, SOUTHERN, WALKER, WESTBROOK, WOODWARD