Ron- There is no reason you would have to pay a subscription to Ancestry to reply to the board poster--simply post your reply on the board following the link in the gatewayed message on the list. That wouldn't cost you anything. Joan In a message dated 1/24/2009 10:23:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, wolfram@surewest.net writes: If the person who sent this will contact me, I have some info that might help you. I don't want to pay a subscription fee to Ancestry.com just to respond to your request for information. Ron wolfram@surewest.net