Just discovered that the RootsWeb Email Lists for 97 and 98 are now searchable by keyword. If you're new to the list, it's a good idea to start here for many of the "list-historical" queries like: *finding any one of the numerous Ninian Bealls *finding the relatives of the MA Beals *finding info about John Yates Beall, "Confederate Spy" *Pottengers? *Who publishes the Beall Genealogical News and lots of other good stuff on the Beall's, Beal's, Beale's, etc. If you've been on the list a while, it's a bonus as well. The URL is http://www.rootsweb.com/ and go from there. I've put a link in my Web site for the Sims List, but all you need to do is to change the name of the list to Beall to get you to the right place at http://www.world.std.com/~lsimms/links.html