I made up a file that lists early diseases, just in case you don't understand what the death certificate says or what that illness is called today. Or what your ancestor died from. Might help with genetic diseases too. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mo/crawford/misc/gotills.txt -- Joe L. Miller Coordinator of Crawford County, MOGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocrawfo/ Missouri Archive File Manager, USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/mofiles.htm Missouri Tombstone Project Manager, USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/missouri.html Research Coordinator - The Pinnell Family Network http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pinnell/ Research Coordinator - The Pinnell Family Network http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pinnell/ United We Stand..