** Moderator ** Please do not post this message if you think it is inappropriate. Fellow genealogy researchers, I am not sure how to approach this. My genealogy research has produced about 3,800 names (but I have an advantage - I have three ets of grandparents.) Much of my research has been conducted by calling someone, explaining my interest and my relationship to them. I then ask them to give me the names of the family members. Everyone knows their own information regarding birth, marriage, children, grandchildren. Usually they can tell me who about their own parents, and their siblings and spouses, and usually some nieces and nephews. While they are telling me all this, I have a phone book CD on my computer, or I'm connected to Switchboard.com to be sure I can locate addresses and phone numbers of the names I'm getting. Each family branch seems to have that one member who keeps track of everyone, and I try to talk to them, too. Using sites like http://www.switchboard.com for phone number listings, and SDDI Online at http://www.ancestry.com/ssdi/main.htm, I have been able to identify three new branches of my wife's family - by calling and talking to people. Anyway, my phone bill was getting pretty big, so I tried to find a goodLd company with a great deal. Most LD plans involved a monthly fee, or they had a great rate, but at weird hours. Eventually, I found a company with a super US rate - 10.9 cents per minute all day, all night, every day. They also had international rates like 30 cents to Europe, etc. I do not want to solicit in this newsgroup, but if someone wants more information, please e-mail me, and I can give them the name of the company and the phone number. Ralph Lewis, Harrisburg, PA - rllewis@usa.net (also RalphLewis@aol.com) ***** Researching these families: (Genealogy is my hobby) CHATCHKALEVITZ/KHATCHKALOVITZ (Latvia,Vilna,Svencionys,SouthAfrica,Silale,Kovno,MA) BRUKARZ/BROOKS, ROCHAKOVSKY/ROCKOFSKAYA/ROCKOFF JACUBOVICZ/JACOBSON (Pultusk,Lomza), SALANT, RUDNITZKY, MATZKIN ROSEN (Switzerland, Poland[Pultusk?] ,Russia), SCZUPAK/LEWIS/LOUIS, STENBECK(sp?) KAMYKOWSKI, LENAR/LENART ---------- How well do *you* know Macintosh? Check out the EvangeList web site at: <http://www.evangelist.macaddict.com/>