Check out state historical societies or genealogical libraries.  Even town historical societies might be interested. On Sun, 14 Feb 2016 13:53:14 -0500, carolsaul49 via wrote: Some very interesting information in this topic, thank you. My so far unsolved question is what to do with my tree, or at least a lot of the branches, where there is now no-one to hand a lot of them on to. I don't have a tree online at all [although I've shared a lot of my info with others some of whom I know have put it on their Ancestry trees which I am quite happy about] but I would like my research to be available for when any future distance relatives reach one of my ancestors and I'm no longer around or compos mentis. I have an awful lot of paper files [which I am trying to reduce] and it seems a shame to waste what I've researched and the certificates I've paid for. I used to put postems on FreeBMD although I've lost track of where I got to with doing that. Any ideas gratefully received. Carol