In a message dated 9/11/2009 3:44:59 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, bbffrrpp@comcast.net writes: (reminder that I do not have a data base of any kind) (I much prefer - communicating with other genealogists) Dear BETTY in Lowell, If you obtained genealogy software _ you can get a free download from internet - you would have a much better idea of your ancestors. Software makes you much more able to communicate with other researchers because it would enable you to put up a website and reach a ton of people that way. I do not see why you think software would hinder communication with genealogists? What gave you that idea? I am contacted daily by other researcher because of my website. Jacki Russell Jacqueline Sleeper Russell Web site: _http://tinyurl.com/q7w9ec_ (http://tinyurl.com/q7w9ec)