Be sure and stop by the forum before or after you head for the chat room. The forum is great place to get your query permanently "out there" to a variety of people--make sure ALL your surnames are posted: http://forums.about.com/ab-huntsville Thursday should be pretty busy in the chat room with the following chats on the schedule: Thursday's Chat Schedule: http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm 9 pm Eastern--SOUTHERN STATES genealogy 10 pm Eastern--Featured State: WEST VIRGINIA genealogy (one time only) If you have friends or list mates who might be interested in any of these chats, please invite them! If anyone needs instructions for the chat or forum or wants a schedule of all chats, just send me a note. Jean Brandau [email protected]