Part of the fun of genealogy is making contact with others researching the same name as yourself - related, maybe, even! It can also be helpful to swap notes - maybe filling in gaps for each other. Each county has a surname interest list - that for Bucks is at http://webpages.charter.net/dcarlsen/genuki/BKM/bucksurname.html Can I encourage everyone to enter their interests. Some people are cautious about adding their email addresses to sites because of the risk of their being harvested. Dave Carlsen, the author of this excellent site, has set it up such that you only access submitters' email addresses after carrying out a specific search. A little more about searching. You can search for a name, in a particular area if you wish. You don't need to put in too much detail - in fact you can just put in the first few letters of a surname - so putting in AY will bring up those researching AYERS and AYRES Enjoy - and help build it up! -- Wendy List Admin [email protected]