Ernie Very true and so do I. My original post was out of frustration. I subscribe to a multitude of list and some are getting really poor post. Example "Anything on John Smith?" (the actual name was another common name) to a surname list no dates or locations. At one time we were all beginners/novice. Let them figure out who, what, where and when at the next level why and how. Kent ----- Original Message ----- From: <HELTSLEY@aol.com> To: <ILGALLAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 8:46 AM Subject: Re: ILGALLAT-D Digest V01 #104 > Just like any story, the who, what, where, and when are vital but why and how > completes the picture. But then we could leave why and how to historians > rather than genealogists. I prefer to answer why and how. > > Ernie Heltsley > > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >