I disagree with the "Give your full name, town, and state" when putting in a Query about your family line. The same digest had extensive advice, all good, about NOT giving the above information as per identity thieves. It also holds true to stalkers and other undesirables. It would be a very small step to get a phone number and address from any City Directory or Phone book with your full name, town, and state. In the past I made the mistake of "protecting" my genealogy sources and not giving their full name, town, or state. I was correctly called on the carpet about this. If I had thought I would have seen that they gave all that information freely. BUT, I do not Give even my full name, much less town, and state, for the same reason that many women do not give their christian name in a phone book and use initials instead. Also on a "family" list such as this I do not feel the need for such formality and it serves no purpose. No one is going to snail mail a return to an e-mail note. If contact is made on an individual basis that is entirely different. But even then be careful, I gave some of my living line to a "cousin" and saw it later on RootsWeb. Fortunately I did NOT Give full names, towns, or states. You have NO idea where your information is going or who would list your full name, town, and state as a source. There fore I remain, Sheila Texas Another tip: Give your full name, town, and state when posting to a genealogy list. This is very helpful, and the polite thing to do. We wouldn't think of just signing "Mary" or "Carl" from nowhere, when we make an inquiry by US mail. People don't like to read anonymous letters--or anonymous e-mail. And it's often very helpful to learn the surname and location of the writer, and can result in other contacts with helpful genealogy _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com