Hi again Barbara As you have probably seen you successfully posted to the board which in turn was posted back to the list so all is well The boards are a little different to use but a little practice is all thats needed, if you go via the blue link on any gatewayed post, you will see an option to "change to flat view" which makes the thread more readable one message after the other So you don't need to give up as you did it already :-) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Nivard, > > I went into his message for 5th, clicked onto blueline & received host of > messages from rootsweb, > think I shall give up this time. > Thanks for your kind advice, > Barbara