Research Guide: Cemeteries & Obituaries (USA) Online Searchable Death Records Indexes, Cemeteries & Obituaries http://www.deathindexes.com/ Find A Grave http://www.findagrave.com/ Interment.net http://www.interment.net/ Veterans Affairs Burial Search http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/ Rootsweb's Cemetery Database http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cemeteries/ Tombstone Transcription Project - volunteer project to record burials http://www.usgwtombstones.org/ JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ Finding Aids & Indexes for Obituaries http://www.deathindexes.com/obituaries.html Cemeteries and Cemetery Symbols http://cemeteries.wordpress.com/ -- For more genealogy research guides see... Genealogy Research Guides - Online Tips & Records http://www.researchguides.net/

Research Guide: Social Security Records Social Security Death Index (SSDI) - Online Searching lists 3 online SSDIs and which are the most up-to-date - 2 are free to use http://www.genesearch.com/socialsecurity.html The Social Security Administration's Guide to Freedom of Information Act Requests http://www.ssa.gov/foia/html/foia_guide.htm Example of the SS-5 Form - Application for a Social Security Card http://www.researchguides.net/ss-5.htm Gregory Peck in the Social Security Death Index and his SS-5 Form http://genrootsblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/gregory-peck-in-social-security-death.html If the above URL is too long, go to: http://goo.gl/U8Fyr -- For more genealogy research guides see... Genealogy Research Guides - Online Tips & Records http://www.researchguides.net/

Research Guide: Ship Passenger Lists Finding Passenger Lists 1820-1940s (arrivals at U.S. Ports) http://www.germanroots.com/passengers.html Finding Passenger Lists Before 1820 (USA) http://www.germanroots.com/1820.html What Passenger Lists Are Online? http://www.germanroots.com/onlinelists.html U.S. Ports of Arrival & Their Available Immigration Records 1820-1957 http://www.genesearch.com/ports.html Tips for Determining Your Ancestor's Port of Arrival in the U.S. http://www.genealogybranches.com/arrivalports.html Ellis Island? Castle Garden? Which One? And When? http://genrootsblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/ellis-island-castle-garden-which-one.html If the above URL is too long, go to: http://goo.gl/39BIu Early Immigrants to Pennsylvania 1600s & 1700s http://www.researchguides.net/immigration/pennsylvania.htm -- For more genealogy research guides see... Genealogy Research Guides - Online Tips & Records http://www.researchguides.net/

Research Guide: Naturalization Records - USA Finding US Naturalization Records (a genealogy guide) http://www.germanroots.com/naturalizationrecords.html Online Searchable Naturalization Indexes - USA http://www.germanroots.com/naturalization.html Article: Women & Naturalization http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1998/summer/women-and-naturalization-1.html Passport Applications - a guide from the National Archives http://www.archives.gov/research/passport/ Types of US Naturalization Records (a summary for genealogy researchers) http://www.genealogybranches.com/naturalization.html -- For more genealogy research guides see... Genealogy Research Guides - Online Tips & Records http://www.researchguides.net/

Research Guide: Military Records - USA Online Military Indexes & Records http://www.militaryindexes.com/ How to Find World War One Draft Cards 1917-1918 http://www.genealogybranches.com/worldwaronedraftcards.html Online Civil War Indexes, Records & Rosters http://www.militaryindexes.com/civilwar/ How to Find Civil War Pension & Service Records http://genrootsblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/civil-war-pension-service-records-tips.html If the above URL is too long, go to: http://goo.gl/cwHvJ How to Order Civil War Pension Records - Union & Confederate http://www.genealogybranches.com/civilwar/ How to Find Compiled Military Service Records for Civil War Soldiers http://www.genealogybranches.com/civilwar/servicerecords.html Article: Obtaining My Dad's WWII service record by Randy Seaver http://www.geneamusings.com/2006/08/obtaining-my-dads-wwii-service-record.html -- For more genealogy research guides see... Genealogy Research Guides - Online Tips & Records http://www.researchguides.net/

Research Guide: Census Records - USA Some Free Online U.S. Census Records & Indexes http://www.researchguides.net/census/free.htm U.S. Census Research Tips & Clues http://www.germanroots.com/census.html 1940 U.S. Census Information about the upcoming release of the 1940 census http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/ U.S. Census Enumerator Instructions 1850-1950 http://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/tEnumInstr.shtml Information On Some State Census Records - USA http://www.researchguides.net/census/state.htm U.S. Census Records Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 (brief guide) http://www.deathindexes.com/censusmortality.html -- For more genealogy research guides see... Genealogy Research Guides - Online Tips & Records http://www.researchguides.net/

Research Guide: Gazetteers (finding places - USA) Geographic Nameserver - MIT (out of date, but very basic) http://stuff.mit.edu/cgi/geo Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) [more comprehensive] http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic Rootsweb's Town Search http://resources.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi -- For more genealogy research guides see... Genealogy Research Guides - Online Tips & Records http://www.researchguides.net/

Research Guide: Vital Records & People Finding Tools (USA) Online Searchable Death Indexes & Records (USA) http://www.deathindexes.com/ Online Birth & Marriage Indexes for Genealogy Research (USA) http://www.germanroots.com/vitalrecords.html Where to Write for Vital Records (USA) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w.htm Finding Living & Recently Deceased People in the USA http://www.genesearch.com/people/ -- For more genealogy research guides see... Genealogy Research Guides - Online Tips & Records http://www.researchguides.net/

Hello All, A few years ago I compiled some U.S. genealogy guides by topic and posted them here. They have been updated a few times, but it's been awhile since I last posted them. So I will be posting them here today. I hope you find them useful. Feel free to post any of them to genealogy newsgroups or forums you are subscribed to. Happy searching. Regards, Joe

Marilyn, Thanks for a great, insightful post! A couple of years ago my computer (it had the "Edsel" of operating systems-Millenium) was hit with a virus. Elaine and a gentleman from CA worked with us for days trying to set things right. Jack, an EE, worked with computers his entire career and still, he needed help from GN. He got it for DAYS. My intro. to GN was over 11 yrs. ago, just before Jack's heart attack. The support I rec'd from GN was awesome, useful and comforting. I regret to admit I was a party to one of those periods of discord. I think I learned from it and beg pardon of anyone I offended. Now, if anyone on this list needs help with Catholic Philadelphia I will try! Happy New Year. Mary McCanney Finley ----- Original Message ----- From: "marilyn E B" <marilyneb@gmail.com> To: "gen-newbie" <gen-newbie@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 11:12 AM Subject: [GN] Gen-Newbie Through the Years > There are many on this list who have been here longer than me but we have > lost many members for many reasons. Some really fantastic members are > doing > their genealogy in the clouds and probably have brick walls crumbling with > continuous happy dances. There are undoubtedly those who are no longer > physically able to join our conversations. Others may not have the same > interest they once had, I have a cousin who falls into that group. We have > had our periods of discord and discontent and during these periods we lose > many, some of whom were responsible for some of our best teaching. I have > longed hope they would once again become active.

Happy New Year to all! My husband and I BOTH received a Kindle for Christmas - so far I am just frustrated with mine and Hubby hasn't even opened the box, says he will when I learn to use mine. I have not found a "how to" yet, It is just a PLAIN Kindle. Any help will be appreciated. Anna -- ****** - Dear Lord, please keep your arm around my shoulders and your hand across my mouth.****** --Author unknown

There are many on this list who have been here longer than me but we have lost many members for many reasons. Some really fantastic members are doing their genealogy in the clouds and probably have brick walls crumbling with continuous happy dances. There are undoubtedly those who are no longer physically able to join our conversations. Others may not have the same interest they once had, I have a cousin who falls into that group. We have had our periods of discord and discontent and during these periods we lose many, some of whom were responsible for some of our best teaching. I have longed hope they would once again become active. IMHO many of us have just become to use to letting/expecting others to answer queries. We forget how easily the newbies get discouraged and offering an encouraging word might be just what is needed to keep them active. I have long believed that the more that search the more we will all find. That is if you will all keep it coming through the group. Actually I find it much better when it is a reply to the original message as this keeps the conversation threaded together in gmail. Someone many years ago smacked my hands verbally several times to get me to start using gmail and for genealogy I love all the advantages. I do get a little frustrated when topics are changed within a conversation and the subject is not changed. We all have our particular set of frustrations. While my actual techniques for genealogy have improved by leaps and bounds; my use of the computer will probably always be in the toddler range for many things. I do not apologize for asking for toddler steps as there may be others who need those also. We each progress at our own pace, leaping through some areas and lagging way behind in others. Holidays are almost always a time for open O/T messages. Elaine will usually post when the list is open and Elaine I apologize for often rushing the time. For some things we do have a sister list: memorylane@rootsweb. If you have memories of various times, events, food and etc. you want to discuss join memory lane. They are a wonderful group and you will find many of us there. Yes, things have changed and we are not all here constantly as we were at one time. For instance when I first joined the list, I had something strange happen to my aol email. The first thing I did was to send an emergency message to GN. Within seconds and I mean seconds, I had help coming at me from every way it could be sent. Pat was sending me help on IM and two or three others were sending emails. I had hit something to change the order my email was appearing. In less than 15 minutes everything was back to normal. To any who remember that and helped me, I still say thank you. We do need revitalizing in some way and maybe some of us need to not spend so much time on FB. Note I said US and that does include ME. Marilyn -- "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our surroundings, and it starts your day differently." Johnny Cash

Moving .gifs are not moving in my e-mails. They also fail to move in any messages I send. They are moving when I open them in Irfanview. I have Win 7 and Outlook 2010 I don't remember changing a setting but must have (I plead old age). Thanks for any help, Maureen in Sydney -----Original Message----- From: gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kith-n-Kin Sent: Wednesday, 4 January 2012 10:27 AM To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GN] Kindle Books Ah, Neysa. . . you make my life so hard! Just when I had a good thing "figured out" you come up with that danged old logic! <G> Looks like I'll have to borrow one long enough to give it a real test! Thanks, Pat -----Original Message----- From: gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Neysa Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 4:13 PM To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GN] Kindle Books IMHO, although the Fire is heavier, with the cover on it, I can still hold it comfortably in both hands. And it is way easier to read. Plus all the other features. Also easier to turn the pages!! Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Kith-n-Kin To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 6:06 PM Subject: Re: [GN] Kindle Books I would like to "second" that! I hadn't been paying close attention, as Kindle is not (yet) on my must-have list, but this weekend went to visit the g-kids (and their parents, of course). The eight and the ten year old (boys) got Kindle-fire for Christmas. Whew! Learning curve anyone? Thanks to the comments on this list, I was able to help a little bit (I was helping the Mom, not the kids) figure out the vagaries of "Kindle Owners Library" as well as accessing books through their public library, and the whole "cloud" thing. They have "amazon prime" so more books are free to "borrow." And maybe "keep" -- still unsure about some of that. I'm going to take all the additional information from these emails and post it to them for their use. No, they don't do genealogy, but they sure do read a lot of books! By the bye, the only thing I didn't like about the Kindle Fire is the weight. One of the reasons I'd like a Kindle is that it's easier to read than a large, fat, book. This was no great improvement. So, if I do get one, it'll be the more basic model. Too bad they don't make the basic model with a screen size like the Fire! Pat In Tucson -----Original Message----- From: gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Yvonne Strong Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 1:09 PM To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GN] Kindle Books To Connie and "Everyone" who has replied to my query concerning finding free books. I can't believe the wonderful comments and help that this topic generated. ******************** Gen-Newbie's website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ******************** Gen-Newbie's website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ******************** Gen-Newbie's website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Joy, Thank you. I have been using my help section on my Kindle but it's much easier to read it on my computer. Appreciate the link. Yvonne On 1/4/2012 9:41 AM, Joy Gulden wrote: > <snip> > > http://kindle.s3.amazonaws.com/KindleUser%27sGuide.pdf > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200317150 > > > > On 1/4/2012 9:25 AM, Anna Haller wrote: >> ....My husband and I BOTH received a Kindle for >> Christmas.... I am just frustrated with mine...I have not found a "how to" yet, It is just a PLAIN Kindle.<snip> >> >> >> > ******************** > >

Using the search term of Kindle help there were quite a few results. I clicked on this one, as you say you have a plain Kindle. http://kindle.s3.amazonaws.com/KindleUser%27sGuide.pdf If this is not the correct one, here is the site for all guides for other. http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200317150 On 1/4/2012 9:25 AM, Anna Haller wrote: > Happy New Year to all! My husband and I BOTH received a Kindle for > Christmas - so far I am just frustrated with mine and Hubby hasn't even > opened the box, says he will when I learn to use mine. I have not found a > "how to" yet, It is just a PLAIN Kindle. Any help will be appreciated. > Anna > > >

Surely you jest. Elaine On Tuesday, January 3, 2012, you wrote > EXCUSE ME!

Someone behind list was very nice and took Max right to the name. Fact is it was my intention to make Max expand that page herself and find her relative. Max won again and was helped right to the final spot. Did anyone here read this thread and learn anything from it or will all of you also have to ask for help should the same thing come up in your research? How many people here use a browser they like and google as a search engine? Do you want to explain why to the other subscribers and do the other subscribers want to sit and read and ask questions if they don't understand? This is a teaching list. It helps, but teaching is far more important than helping people avoid doing their own research. Elaine Pressure is for tires --Charles Barkley Hello ETM On Tuesday, January 3, 2012, you wrote > You are on your own. My eyesight won't go any > further for you. > http://media.nara.gov/media/images/29/17/29-1666a.gif > Elaine > No one ever went broke underestimating the taste > of the American public. --Mencken > Hello Maxine > On Tuesday, January 3, 2012, you wrote >> I am trying to find information on my KIA cousin. >> I am told to go to >> http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/ >> then KIA >> then Pennsylvania >> then Clinton (county). >> It may have information on Harold H. MILLER, KIA in France in 1944. >> I am lost. I would sure appreciate some help here. >> Maxine

ps I use Google as if it is a browser. I dont use the IE browser box ever. I use the Google Page as a browser and it works just fine. I seldom get messages of NOT FOUND or NOTHING FOUND on Google searches and I can go to the Images and Books of Google and the translate very easily. I dont have it as my homepage but I have it as a favorite that I created. I learned from this list how to get it at the top of the favorites and I love it. I dont use Chrome, I dont use Firefox. I dont use Thunderbird and I have no problems with my computer. I have never have had a problem with a link posted on this list. Seems to me that some listers explore and download and dont know why or what they will get from whatever it is that they are downloading. Perhaps they should keep their computers as virgin as it was delivered to them! And they wouldnt have so many problems. My opinion. Now, back to lurking. On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 7:35 PM, im alwayslookin <imalwayslookin@gmail.com>wrote: > I just read your post ETM and I agree with you. > I looked at the link that you gave and yes Ma'm it was clearly there and I > used the trusty CTL+ to read it easier... > > I remember when the list was filled with new links and new databases to > try and when step by steps were posted.. I loved the HINTS. Some of them > were in the HOWTOS which i tried each and every time so that I could learn. > > It used to be that I could spend nearly a morning on self teaching by > using each link that was posted on this list by using my own names and > places. Now I hardly spend any time because there are seldom new links or > avenues posted. I dont know why this is! > > No one really asks questions and it seems when they are asked that they go > unanswered. > I suspect they are answered off list. That does me no good. It does the > list no good. > In this last post, a request was made for something but the steps required > to get to the very information were also outlined by the requester > themselves. I didnt understand it at all. > > In the last week, my inbox has been filled with ME TO on the app that Les > has offered. > That does me no good either. If people wanted to get info from Les, then > his email address is there on his post, Write to him directly. Dont fill up > my inbox or the archives of the list. I just recently got out of the dialup > mode. If i was still in dialup, those ME TOS would have wasted my day! It > is all uncalled for. > > I wish we would all go back to the time of real teaching. real questions, > real news - edited please- and get past this ebook business unless it > pertains to genealogy. Gee, there are GOOGLE books that can be loaded too > but because the means to read them is KINDLE or NOOK means that all else is > worthless? No I dont think so, but one wouldnt be able to gather that from > the list of late. > > I would like to get past the feeding of the fish and more of the learn to > fish mode. I wish some of the old timers were here with their hints. A > Shirley used to post. And Joe's Angels used to post and people would > actually resurrect posts from the archives to help others. I think that > people dont know how to use the archives, thinking it is easier just to ask > on the list. That is not helpful! > > I used to hear about brick walls that tumbled. When was the last time we > heard of a crushed heap of bricks? > > I caught a hint (a little wee hint) of real research from a few during > relaxed time but it was so fleeting and no one joined in that I wonder how > many people there really are on the list. I am sure there are a lot and I > think there are some real helpers but they are silent and I suspect they > are frustrated by the lack of genuine interest in learning. > > I also read people asking for baby steps as if they are fresh and new to > this GN. Some of these people have been on here far longer than me ad I > have been here since 2008 - Lurking and learning. > > I am hopeful that people will make the list work again and those who have > been spoiled with the answers learn to do some research for themselves. > Their research will go faster, they will garner more info and their family > history will be more encompassing. > > Going back to lurking for another 4 years. > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 6:59 PM, ETM <etm1935@gmail.com> wrote: > > Someone behind list was very nice and took Max > right to the name. > > Fact is it was my intention to make Max expand > that page herself and find her relative. Max won > again and was helped right to the final spot. > > Did anyone here read this thread and learn > anything from it or will all of you also have to > ask for help should the same thing come up in your > research? > > How many people here use a browser they like and > google as a search engine? Do you want to explain > why to the other subscribers and do the other > subscribers want to sit and read and ask questions > if they don't understand? > > This is a teaching list. It helps, but teaching is > far more important than helping people avoid doing > their own research. > > Elaine >

I had the older Kindle (about 3 years old, maybe) which I gave to my daughter and grandkids when I got the Fire. I think the Fire may have a different screen than my old one. My old eyes like it better. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: ETM To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 6:28 PM Subject: Re: [GN] Kindle Books I didn't go for the Fire, bought the Kindle Touch, it's light and it may be the same size screen, someone will have to confirm that. Elaine Consider using your computer for technology: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewAboutUs.do Hello Neysa On Tuesday, January 3, 2012, you wrote > IMHO, although the Fire is heavier, with the > cover on it, I can still hold it comfortably in > both hands. And it is way easier to read. Plus > all the other features. Also easier to turn the pages!! > Neysa > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kith-n-Kin > To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 6:06 PM > Subject: Re: [GN] Kindle Books > I would like to "second" that! I hadn't been > paying close attention, as > Kindle is not (yet) on my must-have list, but > this weekend went to visit the > g-kids (and their parents, of course). > The eight and the ten year old (boys) got > Kindle-fire for Christmas. Whew! > Learning curve anyone? > Thanks to the comments on this list, I was > able to help a little bit (I was > helping the Mom, not the kids) figure out the > vagaries of "Kindle Owners > Library" as well as accessing books through > their public library, and the > whole "cloud" thing. They have "amazon prime" > so more books are free to > "borrow." And maybe "keep" -- still unsure about some of that. > I'm going to take all the additional > information from these emails and post > it to them for their use. No, they don't do > genealogy, but they sure do read > a lot of books! > By the bye, the only thing I didn't like > about the Kindle Fire is the > weight. One of the reasons I'd like a Kindle > is that it's easier to read > than a large, fat, book. This was no great > improvement. So, if I do get one, > it'll be the more basic model. > Too bad they don't make the basic model with > a screen size like the Fire! > Pat > In Tucson ******************** Gen-Newbie's website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I just read your post ETM and I agree with you. I looked at the link that you gave and yes Ma'm it was clearly there and I used the trusty CTL+ to read it easier... I remember when the list was filled with new links and new databases to try and when step by steps were posted.. I loved the HINTS. Some of them were in the HOWTOS which i tried each and every time so that I could learn. It used to be that I could spend nearly a morning on self teaching by using each link that was posted on this list by using my own names and places. Now I hardly spend any time because there are seldom new links or avenues posted. I dont know why this is! No one really asks questions and it seems when they are asked that they go unanswered. I suspect they are answered off list. That does me no good. It does the list no good. In this last post, a request was made for something but the steps required to get to the very information were also outlined by the requester themselves. I didnt understand it at all. In the last week, my inbox has been filled with ME TO on the app that Les has offered. That does me no good either. If people wanted to get info from Les, then his email address is there on his post, Write to him directly. Dont fill up my inbox or the archives of the list. I just recently got out of the dialup mode. If i was still in dialup, those ME TOS would have wasted my day! It is all uncalled for. I wish we would all go back to the time of real teaching. real questions, real news - edited please- and get past this ebook business unless it pertains to genealogy. Gee, there are GOOGLE books that can be loaded too but because the means to read them is KINDLE or NOOK means that all else is worthless? No I dont think so, but one wouldnt be able to gather that from the list of late. I would like to get past the feeding of the fish and more of the learn to fish mode. I wish some of the old timers were here with their hints. A Shirley used to post. And Joe's Angels used to post and people would actually resurrect posts from the archives to help others. I think that people dont know how to use the archives, thinking it is easier just to ask on the list. That is not helpful! I used to hear about brick walls that tumbled. When was the last time we heard of a crushed heap of bricks? I caught a hint (a little wee hint) of real research from a few during relaxed time but it was so fleeting and no one joined in that I wonder how many people there really are on the list. I am sure there are a lot and I think there are some real helpers but they are silent and I suspect they are frustrated by the lack of genuine interest in learning. I also read people asking for baby steps as if they are fresh and new to this GN. Some of these people have been on here far longer than me ad I have been here since 2008 - Lurking and learning. I am hopeful that people will make the list work again and those who have been spoiled with the answers learn to do some research for themselves. Their research will go faster, they will garner more info and their family history will be more encompassing. Going back to lurking for another 4 years. On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 6:59 PM, ETM <etm1935@gmail.com> wrote: Someone behind list was very nice and took Max right to the name. Fact is it was my intention to make Max expand that page herself and find her relative. Max won again and was helped right to the final spot. Did anyone here read this thread and learn anything from it or will all of you also have to ask for help should the same thing come up in your research? How many people here use a browser they like and google as a search engine? Do you want to explain why to the other subscribers and do the other subscribers want to sit and read and ask questions if they don't understand? This is a teaching list. It helps, but teaching is far more important than helping people avoid doing their own research. Elaine