Sunni Bloyd mentioned this site on Sweden-L, but it is about American genealogy. To quote from this wonderful, informative site: "...Did you know that there is a county-wide surname index to virtually every land owner in America since the early 1600s -- an index that is more complete than any head-of-household census index ever compiled? And did you know that you have a ninety percent chance of finding your ancestor in that land ownership index? "There are few indexes used by genealogists that offer a ninety percent chance of finding the right person. Even today, a modern telephone directory gives the names of only those households with a publicly listed telephone number. A recent study in Los Angeles revealed that over twenty percent of the telephone numbers are unlisted numbers. Yet, there is a surname index for Los Angeles County that gives the names of ninety percent of the heads of households of that county during the 1850s. The index is called the "Grantee/Grantor" index or "Index to real estate conveyances". Such an index can be found in all 3,100 counties in the United States." Check it out! It's an article from the Genealogy Bulletin, Retracing the Trails of Your Ancestors Using Deed Records, by William Dollarhide. http://www.remaxheritage-ri.com/~deeds/deeds.htm Good luck! Valorie, IBSSG Proud listmom of Baysinger-L and McBee-L Black Diamond, Washington USA Proud sponsor of Rootsweb