I'm sorry, I may just being niggly here (put it down to the torrential rain and two children with cabin fever) but now that we have the new Rootsweb system of sending out list messages, would it be possible for listers replying to messages off the list to crop the messages that they are replying to. I say this because I have just gone through the last digest to come in, and it was basically one request plus small replies but each subsequent message/reply got longer and longer and longer. Maybe a snippet would have done? Niggle over - I shall go back to watching the rain now - oh I'd better return the cotton wool to my ears too!!! Mandy Mandy Whitham Office Assistance from a Distance Visit my webiste to see just what Virtually By Your Side can offer you or your business. www.virtuallybyyourside.co.uk