Hi all, tYPE your surnames in here if there is a list you go to it. then select a year. query your surname and given name try it different ways. http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl I use this site often. ***** You should go here first before you use the thread archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/signup.phtml?Poe_Session=21bf861cd3ff5983a7c46e79a6de3c18 This is a list of all list that are in the threaded ed. archives. ******* If you select a list to start your search it will find instance of all use of that surname. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives-bin/list ***** Surname resources at rootsweb.com http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/ ***** Search Engine for data bases at Rootsweb. http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/searches/ **** Nadine