Probably she has caller ID and won't answer an out of state number... I don't particularly understand that since the do not call works very well -- where I live we've had it for years -- but old habits die hard. Cheryl Rothwell logancty@mindspring.com Logan County, IL, Coordinator, ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas et al