This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Alford, Hazard, Byrum, Childress Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QY.2ADE/1009.1 Message Board Post: Many many thanks to those who responded.. A quote from a friend " After years of doing this, I have decided that only masochists do genealogy. Otherwise, why would we put ourselves through the frustrating search involving breaking our backs sitting on hard library chairs, ruining our eyes looking at hard-ro-read census reports, etc." Best Regards!!