To Doug and all: Several months before Dick told us that he was sick, he sent me two files. They nowhere near come to the quarter million he uploaded to the WorldConnect Page, but I suspect it was (is) the heart of his main Dutton information. He called it his "Ancestors of William the C's" and "Descendants of Rollo" files - and that catches most of us. The first is relatively small, but the latter has over 45,000 individuals. As I said, this was several months before his announcement to us and I'm sure that he added many things to it since then. I know he added a couple files that I had sent of over a thousand or so names each. He used to get so excited (I don't think he really ever got "excited," but you could tell) when I sent him something that would let him "connect" even a small group from his "unconnected file" to his "main file." I don't want this to sound like he and I were old "buddies," we weren't. I never met Dick. Although we had planned it several times, something always popped up and one of us had to cancel. I had talked to him on the phone only a couple times. He would call me to try to tell me what I was doing wrong in down loading this or that (the little bit of humor here is that I'm the chair of a 1000 student, 30 faculty department of Computer Science - one of the largest (and, hopefully, good) in the country). So anyway. When Dick said he was sick, I couldn't bring myself to ask him to send me his file. For whatever reason. And I have begun now though, like Doug, to realize some one or more of us needs to take on that responsibility - and it is sort of a responsibility. One of the things I miss now is when someone writes in giving a name they are seeking, I used to sit back and know what would happen next. And, I would usually learn something new - another little tid-bit from Dick. We don't have that now. I have privately responded to a couple things, where I could, with information from the part of Dick's file that I have. But it's not enough, and I don't think I have the time to make it enough. But maybe if several of us tried? Were willing to help maintain a consistent file - maybe it could be tied with the project that was discussed a while back to put Cope online (by the way, I broke down, and my copy should arrive within the week. Its been a long 6+ so far. Then I can actually talk to the rest of you folks and know what it's all about.). I would be willing to call Jean and see if she could get me a copy of the file. I talked to her once on the phone - I don't know if she would remember me, but she seemed to be very nice. I suspect it's just sitting somewhere already compressed and on an IOMEGA ZIP disc. I don't know if its a zipped gedcom or zipped Reunion (Dick used a Mac) file. If the latter, I would have to unzip it and reformat it into gedcom, then zip it back up before I could get it to others. Do I have any help? I guess, even if I don't, I'm going to do that anyway. I just won't be as good at it, or as responsive as Dick. And I think I'll have to get a faster computer. Mine at the office is fine, but I'm pretty cheap at home. Ron