That's good that you already saw that site. If I were you I would contact her anyway. Even though she didn't include information, she may have bits and pieces but not enough to publish -- or she may have only wanted to publish what she was directly connected to. At any rate, it's worth a try. My aunt just contacted a cousin in Florida to see if anyone was working on a family tree. Turned out she had started writing a family story several years ago -- we revived her work and she actually had her grandfather's(my great grandmother's brother) naturalization certificate and birth/baptismal certificate from 1854. What a find that was! I would also suggest calling the cemetery office before you go -- they might be able to direct you in finding the graves and they may have information in their record books that they could send or give you. Many places are charging fees for this -- a New York City cemetery charged me $15 for doing some research. For me it was worth it because the cemetery sent me copies of the burial cards which listed grave and row #'s and of course the date of death. That gave me the information I needed to obtain my great grandparents death certificates. You'd be surprised how much information can be on them -- depending on who gave the information. Even funeral parlors keep records and may give you information. As for ancestry.com and genealogy.com -- I don't have memberships in them right now but ancestry.com does offer a free seven day membership and it really is free. You don't even have to submit a credit card number. You get to download a family tree program (I did and haven't even figured out how to use it) and then you get to sign on for the seven day membership. It disappears in seven days so you have to make good use of it. Here is the link: http://www.ancestry.com/aftexec/ As for the free two week trials, be aware you have to cancel by phone and cannot cancel on the weekend -- so set up the trial so you can make the best use of it. As for genealogy.com you can either try a two week trial subscription and then cancel if you want .... or you can just take a one-month subscription. I did both (the free seven days for ancestry.com and then a one month membership to genealogy.com --- both of them have their strengths and weaknesses. I found ancestry.com easier to find information (using enumeration districts, etc) but harder to read the actual pages. Genealogy.com was a little more difficult to locate things but was much easier to read once you found it. Hope you get some information --- who knows - if you find enough clues maybe you can collaborate with her on hiring a researcher. Take care. Susan