>Don't mind my asking.. What is norcal? Jennie, Norcal is rootsweb list for Northern California. You can search the any rootsweb list at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl When you get there put in "norcal" for Northern California or "caamador" for our list California Amador County. You can search any rootsweb mailing list as long as you know the list name. If you want to join the Northern California list put subscribe in the subject and body of a e-mail to [email protected] Carolyn