Hello Laurie and list Here is my two pennorth. Because one of my distant US cousins (Barbara) married a greek american with a rare name I was able to find this man - her former husband - who was then also found by another long lost US cousin (Jim) who is also researching the family. Jim put an ad in a US gen magazine and somehow found Barbara. They have sent me photos of their side, plus little tid bits of info so of which didnt mean much to them, but I could interpret the misspellings etc and fit it in with what I know. I helps that in live in Edinburgh, where our mutual ancestors were married in 1828. There is a possibility that an elderly relative who was the second wife of a younger son -thus taking us much further back into past generations- will have stuff in her attic elsewhere in the US. The family lived in the same house a long time whilst mine moved about and kept having disasters. Who knows what will turn up, all because Jim and I took the trouble to find living relatives. I could tell you another tale about my Oz relatives, but I think ive made my point ;-) When you are doing a jigsaw like we are doing, you need to find the people with the missing pieces! Judy ---------- >From: BMcCrary1@aol.com >To: BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [BKHD] I do not Mind but do you >Date: Fri, Mar 1, 2002, 12:50 am > > Sorry Laurie, > > You must not know much about research, which is what genealogy is all about.