In a message dated 04/02/2000 10:19:08 AM Central Daylight Time, ARYELL-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Yell >> Mary, I tried to post to that Yell Co GenConnect. Each attempt gave me the message "invalid characters in the surname field". I went back and checked: I had FRUEN DICKERSON SOLOMON WALT I hit enter after each without adding the comma and I had them in caps. Do you have any clue why the board would not accept my post? Thanks. Georgia