In a message dated 11/19/2006 10:08:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, listsmonster@gmail.com writes: Hi Wilson: I was going to suggest the Ancestry Improvements board as an alternative, but it seems to not be accepting posts at this time either. Might be part of the molasses syndrome, or may be something new. You may want to report it to the Help Desk. Unless the search engine is case sensitive, it should not matter re the De de or DE. Cheers, Lauren Thanks for the suggestion. I agree about lack of impact of case on searches, but who knows if that will always be true? And does the capitalization of a separable prefix have significance in other countries? In any event, this is part of being sure that our databases are as accurate as possible. I still believe that Ancestry should be more careful when they make a global change. Wilson DeCamp Leesburg, VA