In a message dated 11/12/2005 7:48:55 P.M. Central Standard Time, bobbiev@swbell.net writes: I had to follow several steps to be able to email these people as they had a program that would not allow anyone who was not approved to email them. I guess I am dense, but I wondered why they did not add me to their approved list when they emailed me in the first place. I agree and what happens when someone who is researching one of their surnames tries to contact them. They can't...which seems to defeat the whole purpose of them listing their surnames in the the first place! Bob Buecher Bob's Belleville families: Christoph ACKER (1807-1876); Philip ACKER (1841-1914); JACOBI family; Charles SCHUCHMANN (1809-1896); Henry WEISSENBORN (1815-1878); Johann Martin WEISSENBORN (1791-1859); Christian WEISSENBORN (1863-1937) Bob's Millstadt (area) families: BALTZ family; Heinrich BUECHER (1820-1893); George HAMMEL (1802-1863); Johann Philipp LEPERE (1785-1872); George METZGER (1827-1906); Johann Wilhelm MUELLER (1776-1840); Peter STRAUSS (1822-1897); Peter VOGT (1800-1880); Anthony WAGNER (1784-1851); Johann Nicolaus WAGNER (1795-1838); Michael WAGNER (1820-1869); Johann Ludwig WETTEROTH (1777-1842)