Hi Carolyn and listmembers, Carolyn, what you are doing is working, so don't change what you do. I like to share what I've learned the hard way from time to time, and hear back from others their suggestions that might improve my way of doing things. I like the sense of community on your list and the openness to new ideas. I heartily enjoy the attention given to modes and methods of research as well as the families for which we are searching. That said, I have a query that I hope is appropriate. Does anyone have a late 1700's female Sizemore who married a Pennington male and they both died young, probably around 1810 or so?? This was in Grayson Co.VA, and maybe Lee County, VA. I don't know yet where their families came from, but they were gradually heading westward toward, and into Kentucky, maybe via Tennessee. Barb Temple