John Robertson, listowner for the ROBERTSON List, has kindly set up a search tips page at: http://www.shelby.net/shelby/jr/robertsn/rwsearch.htm You might want to visit John's site to get more information about how to search the Mail List Archives at RootsWeb. Remember, the site for all List Archives is: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Just enter BLANCHARD-L and then try some of John's tips. As soon as an appropriate summary of search procedures can be made, I will report to you and will update our Guidelines to bring everyone up to date. Fletch