I'm afraid that I may sometimes be one of those people that you are talking about. I have received info from people, and then took forever to let them know that I had received it and appreciated it. Inexcusable, I know, but I was so excited at getting the information and so busy sharing it with a dozen other people that I have ended up LOSING the address of the person who sent it!!! Also, right now, somewhere in a foot high stack of papers, I have messages with addresses on them of people to whom I plan to send my info. My problem is finding those messages! It is not that I will not send the info - I have it all ready to be mailed - just as soon as I can find the address! Perhaps I've been too fortunate since I got on the Internet 2 years ago, and I know that I have been totally disorganized. I started my genealogy search by sheer accident, and it has taken over my life. I have info coming in from one source or another on about 10 different lines, have found 11 cousins - from second cousins to about 5th, have copied probably 100 reams of paper and mailed it out to others with info that I've received from others, etc. In addition, I have two file cabinets, about 15 binders, and 30 floppy disks full of stuff that I have saved and filed. My mind is "awhirl" with genealogy. My husband says I'm addicted. I say I'm obsessed - but what the heck? I'm stuck here on the Oregon Coast, in a tiny little town with no research possibilities other than the FHC (which, incidentally, is wonderful), but can still reach into every state in the union if I wish to find the ancestors. The internet has been wonderful. I've accomplished more and been able to share more in the last two years than my parents were able to do in the 20 years they spent researching in big libraries. Jan T