This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hYl.2ACIB/4161.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Touche' You are probably right! Of course the "search" is most of the fun. I have friend whose family had already been researched by previous relatives on both sides back to Europe, etc. He said he envied me and others the fun of the mystery.