No, it is not counter productive. It shows that information pertaining to your surnames is not on the internet. Genealogy cannot be researched via the internet with Google or any other search engine. One must obtain vital records, tax records, land and probate records and census records, most of which are NOT on the internet, especially for a foreign country. The internet is a starting point for sharing information and making contacts. Good luck. --- Vas575@aol.com wrote: > So, I am on the Internet. I am researching family > history for my selected > surnames. I go to Google, perform a search using > the surname in question, > and all I come up with are inquiries I made on > Rootsweb lists. > > Isn't this a little counter-productive? > > vas575 > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ===== James A. Mulligan, MS. Champaign, Illinois, USA jam.genealogy@att.net Searching ASH, BROWN, CAPRON, CARANCI, CHACE, (A)ELGAR, ELLENBOGEN, GARD(I)NER, HAZARD, KARLING, KOERNER, LILLIBRIDGE, MEYER, MULLIGAN, ROBINSON, SHERMAN, TEFFT, VACCA. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com