I'd like to invite you to consider joining one more list: [email protected] OR [email protected] Kelly Courtney-Blizzard's census lists inspired this one, or at least they were the first digit in the 2+2=4. The second was when I realized I had broken down two major brick walls through the use of city directories rather than censuses and thought maybe the same idea would translate. I know there are a heckuva lot of old city directories in the two libraries I use most. Of course, for the concept to work at least some of us have to look up stuff. In fact, to be fair, ALL of us should look up as well as ask for look-ups. Surely everyone on the list lives near a library that has some old city directories... Now, I'm not going to start by asking everyone to list what directories they can access. Seems to me such a blizzard of information wouldn't be kept anyway; rather, let's just toss out what we need and see if there's any response. In that very vein, though, the FIRST thing to remember is that no one is sitting in some cubicle somewhere waiting (and being paid) to pull up your information. Instead, you're hoping someone is volunteering to do so. If so, THANK THEM. If not, PLEASE don't send in a grumbly message that you haven't gotten any response - as I've seen happen on several of the many lists to which I subscribe. After all, if everyone who CAN'T help tells you so, you're going to get buried in nothing useful. Now, let's have some fun! Researching these 8 greats: Pickering-Snyder-Roach-Teegardin-Hodges-Evans-Kantner-Shifflet + these contributing Hodges/Evans lines: Loveless-Dunham-Siner-Sparks-Neal-Maladay And, of course, many more! Peruse our entire GEDCOM at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~kpickering ONWARD AND BACKWARD! Kurt Pickering, IBSSG La Vergne, TN _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp