More Resources -- "Random Acts of Genealogy Kindness" website may have a volunteer to help you obtain documents, acquire photos of tombstones, look-ups in directories, etc. Just type that title in your browser in place of the URL. There are also cemetery look-up e-mail lists on the web via Rootsweb. Check out what Rootsweb has to offer in the way of e-mail lists. Also check out Cyndi's List of Genealogical Websites: http://www.cyndislist.com/ Google Searches are great! Best to use advanced search and put in a few keywords to limit number of hits and zero in on what you are looking for. Your genealogy library may have the Filby volumes. This set of several volumes contains data painstakingly transcribed by Mr. Filby from hundreds of old passenger lists of immigrants worldwide to the USA and Canada over a wide period of time ending circa early 1900s. Information is alphabetical by surname, contains names of traveling companions, destination, etc. Especially good for unusual surnames. Just remember to keep track of which volume you have looked in. You might want to photocopy pages (magnify?) take them home and look them over at your leisure. Microfilmed St. Albans VT emigration/immigration records at your local LDS (Mormon) Family History Center and archival libraries. Soundex Index to Canadian Border Entries Through The St. Albans, VT District (1895-1924) is film set M1461. (Note, I found some 1925, later info., as well!). Records stored in Vermont but pertain to aliens crossing the USA/Canadian border back and forth during that time period at any point along the ENTIRE border. Wonderful resource!! Can't praise it enough!!! Gives personal descriptions (color of eyes, hair, weight, scars, etc.) as well as last address, names and addresses of relatives in the "old" country and same at "intended destination." Names any ship involved in their travels, port, which can lead to another microfilm with original ship's manifest!! Information for entire time period can be found on one (at the most, two) soundexed by surname microfilms. Even if you don't think your families had any connection to Canada, you owe i! t to yourself to check these out.. I was surprised to find records on my England to USA family as they emigrated from England on steamers owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway, disembarked in Canada, immediately took CPR trains across Canada, entering USA at different points along the border. Records also generated when they returned to visit family left behind in England. Also found records on some family members when they went to Canada to marry, to work for short periods of time. The St. Albans record set is a little-known but wonderful resource for family info. If you have trouble locating at LDS FHC, try entering film number 1472801 into film field and it will bring up information on this set and others. USA Social Security applications - Even though the price has gone up to approx. $27 each, these records give valuable information on your relatives --i.e. circa 1936 addresses, employment, as well as birthdate, place of birth. Can find/order these on-line.