Hello, listers -- As a follow-up to the topic of European mailing lists which came up recently, here is some information. Please consider joining a mailing list for the geographical location where your ancestors once lived (or possibly lived). AND, most important, post some queries on that list!! There are all kinds of helpful, knowledgeable people out there who may be able to help you. Even if you decide not to stay long, remember that your query will be in the list archives to be found in the future, should others be looking for the names you mentioned. And, as Roy mentioned in his post the other day, language need not be a barrier to European inquiries. Some lists accept English. Even for those which do not, a simply worded inquiry translated via an online service (such as those mentioned a few days ago) should work fine. Mention that you are unfamiliar with the language. Most people will be sympathetic to that and act accordingly. 1) John Fuller's web site, Genealogy Resources on the Internet, has a very complete index of mailing lists for Europe, the UK and Ireland. The URL is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/internet.html. Once on this site, scroll down and click on Mailing Lists. Scroll down again, then click on Countries Other Than USA. You will see an alphabetical listing of countries from which you can make a selection. Taking France as an example, there are over 100 mailing lists to choose from, covering various regions and some topics. Instructions are there for subscribing. Usually, there is also information as to what language(s) is/are accepted for each list (sometimes English but not always). And another example, Belgium has five mailing lists to choose from, this list being one of them. 2) Rootsweb also has a selection of mailing lists but I didn't find that the lists or the information about them as complete as John Fuller's. For example, there are only three lists mentioned for Belgium (and HWE isn't one of them <g>). The URL to go to is http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/. Scroll down and select the International Mailing Lists, then the country you are interested in. There are about 30 listed for the various regions in Germany, for example. Good luck to those of you who are going to give this a try! I hope you will report back to us with any news gleaned from these sources. Andrea