In a message dated 8/29/2006 1:47:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, jasche45133@gmail.com writes: I've been told that lookup is used for information that is provided in answer to a question when the information comes from a reference source. For example, someone asks about a cemetery. I find the information in a published book for that cemetery and pass that info along as an answer to the original question. My response goes under the lookup classification. I hope this is correct as this is how I've been doing it. ;-) Joan Asche Actually your reply should then be CEMETERY in classification. That is what I dislike about the LOOKUP classification--why would anyone ever SEARCH on it? If they were looking for for cemetery data--that is the classification they would search on. I think what most of us decided was that we'd ONLY use LOOKUP for data posts that were replies to mixed types of data--and where the classification would fit other data classifications. Joan

My vote: delete "lookup" and add "mixed data" or "unclassified data." "Mixed/unclassified data" could cover those messages containing a mix of birth, death, marriage, census, and other data posted in response to queries. Lynne