what is an ESB Account?---- http://www.genexchange.org/esb/index.cfm I should have explained what it was, sorry, I apologize to all! Barbara : ) Nancy explained it better than I could have: Dear Barbara: You have taken information from the GenExchange ESB database and posted it to the Irish NYC (Rootsweb) list. Please be aware that this is really not a good thing to do. The GenExchange is a copyrighted site. You certainly can extract the facts, but in this case you have used the copy and paste technique (instead of re-typing just the facts) and have also extracted the notes made by Monica Bennett verbatim. In addition, I do not see any credit given to the site (the GenExchange) as a source or information as to where the information originally comes from (the Emigrant Savings Bank Account Records, microfilm and manuscripts held by the NYPL, NYC). A better way to handle this is to refer people to the site directly for the information. It's wonderful that you found your relatives but please be careful about cutting and pasting materials from other sites and re-posting copyrighted material without permission. Particularly without citing your sources. If you have any further questions about this, please contact me off list. Best regards. Nancy. Nancy Coleman NLColeman@worldnet.att.net