Sue, I know what you're saying and I feel the same way about researching, writing letters, making phone calls, sitting in libraries for hours and walking all day, only to feel like you're "giving" it to someone. But I can't help but ask, what are the mailing list for if not to share info, when some can't walk, spend the money, sit for hours in libraries, or make long trips across country. They want to know about their ancestors too. We recently joined some mailing lists, partly because of at least one of those reasons, and I HAVE added some queries, but not to use anyone. These people are wonderful, and wouldn't answer if they didn't want to. We've done our share of doing all the above mentioned, and have sources for our work. The detective part you mentioned, is what makes genealogy more interesting. I, for one, wouldn't enjoy it half as much if all I had to do was write it down, mainly because I wouldn't know if it were the truth or not, unless I had a good source, and these peop! le give sources. We are fairly new to the computer, (less than a year), so our info didn't come that way. Thank you for letting me "vent", and good luck with your researching. Bessie