Hi Gang, I just learned from a very wise person names Ceya some neat tricks in searching and she asked that it be passed on, so here goes. Gladys When searching Bureau of Land Management Once you get your ancestor's (or the one you think is your ancestor) land description, go back to the start and erase all christian names and surnames and have all the blanks empty except the land description. Enter the entire land description in the blanks and then wait...........Surprise! You can see all the neighborhood for that piece of land! When you do a telephone search on the Internet and just put in someone's street name and city and town--don't put in any kind of name, you can see who all the neighbors are that have a "listed" phone. My son has just moved to Duluth, Georgia and I decided to see who lived in his neighborhood--in case I ever needed to call anyone and low and behold, I got the whole neighborhood. Some people aren't listed because they have "unlisted" telephone numbers.