> Here's an unusual method of searching that has surprisingly > resulted > in finding 2 ancestors (my grandfather's sister, and my > grandmother's brother) for me recently. > > http://anybirthday.com/ > > It's to look up living people's birthdays, which is a lot of fun in > itself. There's no fee to look up names, and just about everybody > in the U.S. is listed! The database seems to be a few years old, > which has been to the benefit of my research, since the aunt and > uncle I found there passed away in 2002. The results show a > person's birthday and zip code. > snip > > "Margie" <margie92@earthlink.net> The database info is definitely old, my grandfather who died in 1982 is still in the database, and when I searched myself, I was there, but the zip code is four moves and 19 years old, so you may hit the jackpot, and then again you may just find out where someone was once. If your people don't go far, you may be in luck. Don't be discouraged if you don't find someone though, the database is not comprehensive, my husband did not show up at all. Jane Maria Kelley <mariakjek@juno.com>