I always do reply (when Hugheses and Joneses contact me) - I give permission for them to view my tree, but when I look at their trees, I simply do not understand how they made any connection with me at all! Marged I have, in the past, tried to connect with people that I am certain have a connection to my family line via G/reunited. Many times I have not received a reply, So I have to ask myself why do these no answering types even bother? What is the point. Even if a person replied to me saying "sorry not interested" but silence I consider bad manners. These are all issues that stem from too much access to too much information to fast. Its the new reality in the age of cyberspace Dave