Well, I didn't expect so large a response on the cemetery files. Here's the story: In the late 50's early 60's the Newell and Stalcup families did a census of the cemeteries in Marion & Fayette Counties. They published their books, which are still available through the Marion County Genealogy Society., PO Box 360, Winfield AL 35594. Both authors were gracious enough to allow me to transcribe their respective books onto a computer database with the understanding I wouldn't receive any monies from it. I offered to give the database file to anyone who wanted it WITH the condition that they first purchase the actual books. Several reasons: 1: The books are copyrighted material. 2. They did the hard work of locating and inventorying the cemeteries, some of which are no longer available or are in too poor a condition to read. 3. I won't guarantee the accuracy of the file. It took me two years of part time work, early in the morning or late at night. I've included the book, page and line number of each entry. So, thinking it's the only fair way to have the information, and to insure the data is s correct as possible, I feel it's the right thing to do to pay the Newells or the Stalcups for their efforts. Of course, I will do a reasonable number of free lookup for anyone who can use the information. The file is done with Microsoft Access 97, but can be transferred to either a spreadsheet (Lotus 123) or some wordprocessor files. Keep in mind the entire file is some 35,000 records long. Richard Seymour seymour@compuserve.com PS: I apologize if you get this response more than once. I'm making it a generic reply for each message I received