Welcome to the list, you will find lots of good ideas for furthering your research in this group. I seldom post because I always seem so busy, but I read everything that is sent to the group. You certainly did not sound naive to me. I have been doing family research for 30 years and still make some big boo boos. Currently I am in the process of transcribing some old Quaker marriage records and posting them to the Southern Lancaster County Historical society web site. If I can be of any help, feel free to ask. Carolyn does such a wonderful job with this web site and she should be commended highly for taking on this project. It is really a big under taking Marilyn