You know, faking a pedigree is darn near as much work as researching one. I've been trying to build a pedigree for a fictional character whose ancestry as given involves Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and Washington State. There are 4 surnames specified. I figured it would be a piece of cake, using WorldConnect, the message boards, Familysearch's AF and PRF, and Ancestry and Genealogy.com's GEDCOM depositories. I was wrong. Think I can find any two of the surnames in the same place in the same decade? All of which gives me a great appreciation for those bogus medieval pedigrees which are now being proven wrong. It takes talent to get that close with no ready-access to records and still be wrong. ;) Cheryl singhals@erols.com