Hi All, I think it is time to shift into the next subject. Talk to all your older-generation relatives (before they're all gone and you're the older generation!) Even a distant relative can be a goldmine of information about your ancestors. This should be a good subject. When I have gone to talk to relatives and get information about other relatives, I take a cassette recorder to set beside us and not be a distraction and a camera to take current pictures. I take a photo album with all the best family pictures I have and sit and talk to the relative while they look thru the pictures. The remember things and tell stories while looking at the pictures which makes it unnecessary to question them so much. There is a great list of questions to get realtives talking on <A HREF="http://www.genrecords.com/forms/InterviewQuestions.pdf"> InterviewQuestions.pdf at www.genrecords.com</A> There are 175 questions and you can select the ones that fit the situation you are in and go from there. How do you get information from your relatives? At http://www.genuki.org.uk/gs/#Genealogy they suggest: Start by talking with and writing to all your kinsfolk with your questions (while they are still alive), and do it soon. Check to find what documents (certificates, letters, newspaper cuttings, family bibles, photograph albums, diaries, etc.) you or they possess. Try to establish as carefully and completely as possible the basic genealogical facts (date and place of birth/baptism, date and place of marriage, and date and place of death/burial) of as many of your near relatives as you can. Do not ignore family legends - but also do not take them as certain to be literally true. Rather, use them as yet another source of guidance for your efforts at finding out the truth about the past. Looking forward to your suggestions. Dianne