In a message dated 9/1/2006 3:58:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, meow8@verizon.net writes: We need to be clear on this: ROOTSWEB has NOT provided a definition for LOOKUP. Several admins have expressed their opinions of what it 'should' mean but there is no official definition of what it 'does' mean. Regards, Sharyn Actually RootsWeb never HAD a definition of LOOKUP in that it wasn't a classification created BY RootsWeb per se. It was a carryover from a request made by a research group for a test board. So the original definition was whatever the Fox Research Group wanted it to be--and RootsWeb never fully defined the classification when deciding to merely carryover the existing classifications--even if they only had been available for the single test board. I do recall that during the board testing not long ago it was discussed that the classification would become LOOKUP REQUEST and would pertain to a request for a lookup in a specific resource--such as "would someone please lookup the name McConnell in the 1920 Philadelphia City Directory." I can't say I'm in favor of this change--and I have no idea if it is still even under consideration but LOOKUP has been the great undefined classification from the very start. Joan Joan