This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mA1.2ACIB/396.1 Message Board Post: I've had the same problems. I've just returned from Escanaba, MI, where I was visiting Menard relatives who descended in parallel lines from the same great grandfather, but different wives. I paid a researcher from the American--Canadian Genealogical Society, PO Box 6478, Manchester, NH 03108-6478. With name changes, different spellings and dit names, I recognized the problems of tracking ancestors. They did a great job. It's $30 for none members and $20 for members to trace back one relative's line back to their arrival in the new world. My persistence won a picture of my great grandfather and finding the lost graves of him and his mother. Later this summer, armed with the research info from the Society, I hope to visit the areas north of Montreal to where many ancestors married to see if I can find the brothers and sisters of earlier descendents and to find some of their progeny. Much of my known tree is on line, but now I have more to add. If you check it out, and if there are some common ancesters, please let me know. mpasko@twcny.rr.com We may be related. Thanks