Recently, I have been in position to help other researchers, in that I have information that they want, or need. Knowing that sometimes you have to give to receive, I forwarded the information to them. Some of it involving complete lines, as I have them, dating back 2 or 3 hundred years... Most responded with a thank you, and a promise to forward what I had asked for in return.. Usually dates for names that I already have, or names and dates of their siblings. (The correspondent's brothers and sisters,) and their parents. Or, perhaps information on collateral lines of their family, such as their wife/husbands line.. And, that is the last I heard from them...What went wrong here? Am I wrong to expect, or desire, to obtain the promised info? Should I have asked for the info that I needed, and then forwarded the info that they need, after I received. A reminder... If you do not follow-up on promises you make in order to obtain your information, you probably will come off of the mail list of the other person. THINK OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU MIGHT MISS OUT ON IN THE FUTURE... Dick Carter rcar37@prodigy.net Searching for parents of John CARTER, born 1-2-1813,in Ky, lived in Owen Co., In., .. died 2-27-1901, Putnam Co., Indiana