In a message dated 98-05-14 10:05:39 EDT, you write: << Really, So all this great information that I have researched and researched is useless to others unless it is requested. My goodness, what is this world comming to when a person spends hours and hours of their time and can't share it. Wow. Well, if any one needs the info, what do I do? There is soo much and it is soooo helpful. My heavens. I have, I would say, almost every name in the county. I have pulled so much information from the films I have looked through. I through my family records, I have a ton. What is a person to do? Help ? Here I was thinking I could be a huge help to some one and now it is dashed to junk. How came I help share all this good information. Boy, this e-mail sounds like a mess. Some one tell me what I can and can not do to help. Thanks >> Hi, Bryn, As you have since found out on this mailing list....you can provide information for other people provided you don't copy entire books. Census records are public information. My suggestion? Ask people if they have surnames they are interested in. Then you can send them what you have. I believe you can still copy the information to the list. I know they do that on other mailing lists. That's the whole purpose of these genealogical mailing lists. For instance. I'm interested in Charles Fuller and his wife Sarah Cook who lived in Rochelle, Ogle County. Do you have anything on them? Mary Allen