I would like to give a reason for not getting back information. Here is my story. I started to help my parents about a year ago. My father has about 6-8 books full of information, however he has only given my a fraction of this family information. So when I find someone who has our family information. I first try to give them all that I have(very very small amout) and then I send them to my dad, now my dad usually takes awhile to get back, and sometime he totally forgets. I to have had prombles because of my Very very bad memory. I am also a mom of 6 children and this time of the year is harvest time, which leave me with very little time for genealogy. I think we shouldn't jump to any conclusions, we don't know what is really going on in anyone lives. They may have to deal with an family problem or something. Yes I do beleive that there are some who just don't want to share, however we have to forget about the few and look at the fact that so many people do and are will to share. I hope we can drop this subject and get back to the reason why we are all here. I know that being here has helped me alot. I had a person leave a message looking for my Brown family, she wasn't a genealogist, however she was writting a book on the first families of an area of the county which my family was from. But thanks to her I now have alot more information on my Browns. Thanks Peg!!!! So please lets help as much as we can, and have understanding for those who may not be as helpful. I don't want our first timers to get the wrong idea, this is a great group of people here and we need to move forward. Thanks and Happy Hunting to all, Sarah Smith NH