A lot of people does not realize that when they click on the 'Reply" button that their email will go to the list and not the individual that posted to the list. I am a listowner and I usually let this to happen...who knows someone may not be able to read their email for a while and if another researcher of the same surname has already asked for the information, then it saves both the poster and researcher time. Diann McDaniel in Tulsa, OK Listowner of ARCLEVEL-L