<A HREF="http://lists.rootsweb.com/">Click here: RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists</A> - Lets you chose a way to search, including by surnames, states, international, or others (such census, directories, cemeteries ethnic, military, immigaration, fraternal organization, genealogical societies, hearaldry medical genealogy, religion, etc), as well as support, software and technical lists.. <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/">ROOTS-L: The Internet's First Genealogy Mailing List</A> - Lets you pick a state, lets you search the archives , Files and Databases and explains was Roots-L is. <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/USA/pa/index.html">ROOTS-L Pennsylvania</A> - Will let you dig into what you want to find in Pennsylvania such as Data, Geography,History,Military, People and Research. Each of these will take you into other areas to help find what you are looking for and what area would best suit your needs and what lists to join. Give ideas of what is available. <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/USA/pa/starting.html">ROOTS-L Pennsylvania: Starting Out</A>- Lets you see how to , internet guides and. Will lead you to a list that can give you the mailing addresses for lists (see below). <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_states-pa.html">Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Pennsylvania Mailing Lists</A> this will allow you to join any of the separate counties and areas of reseach and you can join as many as you want for the separate areas of interest you are looking for. You can do this from the first url to find narrow down the areas you are searching for from every state or interenational location you need to search. I hope this helps. If you are new to genealogy, (and I dont know if you are or not) you can even tap into a section for Newbies <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/">Welcome to Gen-Newbie</A> which has links for computer and genealogy as well as tips that are very helpful. and a mailing list for newbies too <A HREF="http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GEN-NEWBIE.html">RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists: GEN-NEWBIE</A> as well as the newbies archives to read what others have discussed. I hope this is of some help for you and others trying to find their way to areas that are not of familiar ground to them. It is hard to decide what part of state or country to start our searches in,especially when we are searching for ancestors from these areas. Sometimes if you join the state one first and give what you know, someone will come along and point you in the direction of the county, or historial areas of importance. I have found many on these lists to be very helpful. If you run into some who are not so willing and are critical, please do not let them halt your searching. It is best to ignore them and continue on your way. Everyone was new at one time. Sometimes they forget that and seem to take the opinion that everyone should "just know " these things. Enjoy your searches and dont giveup. Take care. Vickie