In a message dated 6/24/2009 7:35:12 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Sahara346@aol.com writes: Yes, I've got 10,000 names in my PAF files, but that's not like the hundreds that others harvest everyone has a different situation in their family tree. i understood jorge situation exactly-those people were just waiting for him. but even those of us who have longstanding family trees can all of a sudden come upon a great 'harvest' of proper names after years of looking. it has happened to me several times. if i can find just one name i've been missing, then you can easily find a hundred people who are connected to that person. just because someone has found hundreds of names doesn't mean they entered them wrongly from a book they found. some time is wasted doing work that shouldn't be done, but when you consider how much proper work is done and compare the percentage, it's just the 'human factor'. got to let it go. best not to judge what others are doing--that also is a waste of precious time, as is reading this message board for some insight which is always excited and instead finding the same old tired criticisms of what others do. patt **************Huge Savings on Popular Laptops only at Dell.com. Shop Now! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221900667x1201409530/aol?redir=http: %2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B215910242%3B38350777%3Bf)