Someone rightly pointed out to me that surname scrolls are usually generic papers that the sellers pretend apply to you or me because of our surname. They may take the status, title, or arms of a particular line and imply that it applies to everyone descending from anyone that surname. So, while we are looking forward to a search of the official records, it seems only fair to recognize that in most cases, having the same surname does not mean that two people are related. So, someone with a given surname may not be related to someone else with that same surname and who received some kind of royal recognition. Arms and titles were given to specific people and, sometimes, their descendents, but never to a surname. Still, it is good to have a copy of the commerical scroll data. I wonder how it will compare to our eventual search data? Dave White List Owner for Chase-L Mailing List E-mail: boda@ix.netcom.com CHASE-L Website at:- http://www.surnameweb.org/centers/c/chase/index.html To subscribe or unsubscribe from the Chase-L list, send a NEW e-mail message to: CHASE-L-request@rootsweb.com or CHASE-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode) with only one word in the body:    subscribe                                          or:     unsubscribe