In a message dated 12/31/2010 7:17:17 A.M. Central Standard Time, pamtessier@sympatico.ca writes: The likelihood that it will break down brickwalls in your main families is very small but it is a barrel of fun and will introduce you to names, families and history you never imagined were in your family tree. And as an exercise in researching other areas it can't be beat! Here's mine: Julia Byrne 1911 Annie McArdell 1881 (We have her father's line back to Dublin, Ireland in 1797, stuck there) Emma Cooper 1843 (We have her father's line back to Kent, England in 1735, stuck there) Elizabeth Buckland 1808 (Her grandfather was born in 1749, stuck there) Elizabeth Southernwood 1785 (Her grandfather was born 1726 - 1727, stuck there) Anne Pearce 1760 (We have her parents, but stuck there) As you can see, I don't have as many as you, mainly because I descend from the younger members of each family, therefore the parents were older at each birth. However, since I have connected to so many cousins, for Emma Cooper's father's line alone we have over 7600 known descendants from that first marriage in Kent in 1769 alone. And the family connects to 5 continents and 45 countries. Annie in Minnesota