Brien, Over the weekend I had trouble loading the data on the worldconnect site. I had a partial upload and could not finish. I also saw where others were having difficulty with the homepages site in reading data. Just internet growing pains. I just looked now and it seems OK. Try these instructions and if they do NOT work for you, get back to me. Click on the worldconnect address below. On the next screen select 'Search the Gedcom' Then put 'Hamrick' in the Surname Box. (Use Hamrick even if your name is Hambrick or other variation) Put a name in the 'Given Name' box i.e. 'Eli' and 'select' search at the bottom of the screen. A list of all 'Hamrick, Eli' will come up with Birth 'date and place' & Death 'date & place'. Some are blank. The last column is 'Database'. If the initials in it are 'jrm', it is my data, if not some one other's data. Click on the 'Hamrick, Eli' that has data you can identify. (Some have no data and you just have to keep trying) The next screen has that individual and his data in black His parents, spouse, and children are in red. Click on a red name and it will take you to a new screen on that individual with similar data. If the 'Hamrick, Eli' is not who you want use your "Back" and go back a screen and try another 'Hamrick, Eli' Hint! If you know the name of the wife, go back to the first screens and put her name in the 'Surname' 'Given Name' boxes. Makes searching easier if you have a very common Hamrick first name. 'Wiley' 'Charley' in your case. Hint! If you wish to look at only data put up by others, put 'jrm' in the last box, 'Exclude data base' on the first set of screens. Hint! If you wish to look at "Hambrick"' names put up by others, put 'Hambrick, Eli' in the first boxes. There are about 70 Hambricks listed. I use Hamrick for Hambrick so you only need to look under Hamrick for both. If you have any difficulty or find errors, please let me know. Please send me any data or persons I do not have. The site is designed for anyone to use who has a Hamrick/Hambrick in the family and wishes to find the ancestors and descendants of that person. J R Hamrick Hambrick Genealogy at: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com or http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hamrick -----Original Message----- JR, Thanks for the pointer! However, I am such a novice that I don't know what to look for on the worldconnect site you gave I was only able to find a basic page about Hamrick's and nothing by you that I could find. Help please! I'm so excited by your reply I can hardly stand not getting this stuff. Any help would be sincerely appreciated, Brien ----- Original Message ----- I would like to trade data with you. I have the ancestors of Eli Henderson Hamrick m Charley Ann Wiley but I do not have any dates or locations on them or none of their descendants. If you will look at the worldconnect site below you can see what data I have on their ancestors. Feel free to use whatever you wish. J R