John R., Thanks for putting this in perspective. I am wondering if someone intested in Carpenter genealogy living near Rehoboth could convince them in that lib. to let COPIES of all genealogy pertaining to Carpenters be made and then send it to the SAR or FHL for indexing and safe keeping? Just a thought. John in KS **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)