Good morning everyone. Just wanted to send this message out, especially to new researchers. The company listed in subject, surfaces from time to time. There are also similar companies all over the US and in Canada and England. What you get is a mailing from them saying they are now ready to publish your family history. The letter will state your surname, tell you that they have the family history, when they came over to the US, etc. Usually the price runs (I believe now) $39.95. They try to make you believe that what you will be getting is a whole history of YOUR line, and up to the present time. Ask yourself one question first, were you asked by this company to submit your information? The answer is usually no. What you will actually get is a brief history of that surname. Then, basically what you get is a list of names and addresses of people of people in the US having your surname. More like a telephone book. The Post Office has been after them for years, finally does get something against them, shut them down, and then they start all over again. So watch anything, especially coming out of Bath, OH, and read carefully. They say that if you are not satisfied they will refund your money. But, while you might be one of the lucky ones to get your money back, more than likely you will not. What they hope to hit is new people starting in research that do not know much of the history yet. I received one such mailing not too long ago on the Straight line. I really had quite a laugh, the letter stated that the first known Straight in the US was in 1700+ (whatever), and it is well documented that the Straight's were here at least by 1652. So they were over 100 years off. Hope this will help some avoid being taken in by these people. Sharon Workman Straight [email protected] Researching BERRY, BIRD, BOHANNON, BUCKLEY, CATE, CONNOLLY, DRUMM, GARGUS, GARRISON, KAUFFMAN, KENNEDY, KERSHNER, KING, LITTLE, MANGAN, MARSHALL, MCKISSICK MCMASTER, MOSHER, PEACOCK, PUGH, RAMSEY, THOMAS, WALKER, WELLS, WORKMAN List Owner DRUMM. ALLEN-NEW-ENGLAND/NY/NJ/PA, BUCKLEY, STRAIGHT, BIRD http://members.aol.com/sjworkman/index.html http://members.aol.com/sjstraight/index.html