Subject: find counties if you know the city - HOWTOS find counties if you know the city-howtos go to rootsweb.com.. scroll to ustowns/counties in the left column enter in the town (i sometimes leave the state blank just to see what results) click submit... click on the county link that will appear for the state of interest. review fully, all of the links.... and you may find lots and lots of links to that specific place - sometimes more than you have time for.. this may include the link for mailing lists.. subscribe, post and check the archives... remember to keep the welcome letter this is a g-o-o-d thing to try even IF you already know the county. you might find some new avenues to explore... this little exercise gets you to the genweb, mailing lists and lots of other thisNthats try it valentine