Don't overlook the more Recent Publications like "Telephone Directories"whilst looking for any Living Relatives,or someone with a fairly Rare Name you are Researching. Back in 1984 I searched the Somerset Telephone Directories that Cardiff Library had,Actually, the whole of Britain's counties on offer. I was looking in to my 4 x great,grandmother's surname of WARRY. I knew they came from the Ilminster area,so I wrote to 2 people listed in the Telephone Directory who lived in that area. One wrote back and mentioned a Fellow Researcher living in Newport South Wales. I eventually met this man,and he produced a 20ft;long Family Tree of all the WARRY's going back to a Stephen WARRY of Chard,[c.1460-1530] When I showed him my Lineage,He immediately linked my Line to his Chart,and told me that the above Stephen WARRY was my 13 x great,grandfather. And all that cost was two 13 pence stamps. Also Try Newspapers that are produced in the Area of your Research. I Linked up with several Living Cousins in the Bristol Area who seen my Story in their local Paper. HTH;Graham. -- Graham Williams.of Canton,Cardiff. Chairman,"Canton Historical Society". Glam;FHS;#551.