To see the distribution and migration of people of your surname in the census records try these two sites: http://www.last-names.net and http://www.hamrick.com/names For the last one click on all years and watch the map change from one census to the next. Pretty cool. This can also help you eliminate places where your ancestors quite probably did not live and save you wasted research time in those areas. I'm sure most of you know that you can just go to MSN.com and other sites and click on white pages or yellow pages for phone numbers in the U.S. but there are online phone books for other countries too. Canada http://www.Canada411.com Australia http://www.whitepages.com.au New Zealand http://www.whitepages.co.nz South Africa http://196.15.219.249/ UK has several sites, try http://BT.com and click on directory enquiries on the right side of the page. http://192.com you have to register for and get only 5 free searches per month but you also get the electoral roll. Bette