Roy Stockdill, and all: Your thoughts are echoed on this side of the pond too. One cannot pick up a genealogy publication or read an online Gen. article without finding much of what you have said. It is a BIG concern, and we try to encourage all of our local Society's newcomers to study a few good books and take a beginners class. This has been addressed here on NewGen too in the past. It is a point we need to keep plugging away at so the new researchers are aware of the fact "The Internet is a tool to use and not the total answer to researching ones family" I for one, am happy you brought this up again to be reminded. As Chairperson of Education in our county's Genealogy Society, it is a point we need to keep before the public eye. SEA