Here's an article on searching Rootsweb for your surnames. I thought it might be of interest. RootsWeb is much more than a giant search engine that is used to brag about how many "names" it has. It is a community of avid genealogists and volunteers who interact with and help others daily on RootsWeb's 17,000+ mailing lists, 140,000+ message boards, and hundreds of other volunteer genealogical projects hosted on our servers. These people are the heart and soul of RootsWeb, contributing their unique talents and time in many ways to aid you in your genealogical quest The following list is a template for doing a search on all of RootsWeb's search engines. To follow the process, simply click on the URLs listed below. New material is added to RootsWeb every day, so be sure to repeat your searches regularly. The information you have been looking for these past 45 years might be uploaded somewhere on RootsWeb five seconds after you've completed a search that came up empty. Free Birth, Marriage and Death Index Search (England and Wales) <http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl> GenConnect Message Board Search <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi?search> GenSeeker (Web sites on RootsWeb) <http://seeker.rootsweb.com/search.html> Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Search (ship passenger lists) <http://istg.rootsweb.com/> Mailing List Finder Search <http://lists.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/findlist.pl> Mailing List Interactive Search (mailing list archives) <http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl> This tool allows one to search individually named mailing lists. Mailing List Threaded Archives Search (most RootsWeb lists) <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/search.html> Miscellaneous Database Searches (various state and newsgroup- related databases) <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/searches/> UseNet Newsgroup Archives o fr.rec.genealogie <http://searches.rootsweb.com/gen-ff.html> o soc.genealogy.computing <http://searches.rootsweb.com/gencmp.html> o soc.genealogy.french <http://searches.rootsweb.com/gen-fr.html> o soc.genealogy.german <http://searches.rootsweb.com/gen-de.html> o soc.genealogy.medieval <http://searches.rootsweb.com/gen-medieval.html> o soc.genealogy.methods <http://searches.rootsweb.com/sgmethods.html> o soc.genealogy.misc <http://searches.rootsweb.com/genmsc.html> o soc.genealogy.slavic <http://searches.rootsweb.com/gen-slavic.html> o soc.genealogy.surnames <http://searches.rootsweb.com/sgsurnames.html> o soc.genealogy.uk+ireland <http://searches.rootsweb.com/genuki.html> Obituary Daily Times Search (obituaries) <http://obits.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi> Roots-L Mailing List Archive Search <http://searches.rootsweb.com/roots-l.html> RootsLink Search (genealogy links) <http://resources.rootsweb.com/~rootslink/search.html> Roots Location List Name Finder Search (researchers by location) <http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/Genea/rll> RootsWeb Surname Helper (surname registries and Web sites) <http://surhelp.rootsweb.com/srchall.html> RootsWeb Surname List (surname researchers) <http://rsl.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/rslsql.cgi#search> Social Security Death Index Search (government-created database) <http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi> USGenWeb Archives National Search (large variety of material, including census records) <http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/htsearch> (One can also search the USGenWeb Archives on a state-by-state basis. This capability is very useful for more common search terms.) <http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm> U.S. Town and County Database Search (location research) <http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi> WorldConnect GEDCOM Search <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi> Written by Robert R. Tillman. Previously published by RootsWeb.com, Inc., RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Genealogy News, Vol. 2, No. 52, 29 December 1999. RootsWeb: <http://www.rootsweb.com/> Tim Singleton, tsingleton@iclub.org 105 Nancy Drive Richmond, KY 40475-8613 Volunteer INGenWeb Coordinator Adams Co. - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inadams Randolph Co. - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/