Hi Joanne and All: I agree with you wholeheartedly. It is lovely to get clues from others but you MUST do your research to verify, but it is a lot easier to do when you have the info they sent you as a starting point when you are at a dead end. Sometimes it is BINGO and sometimes it is close but no cigar! Since I have joined the NFLD-LAB-L@rootsweb.com, I have met some lovely relatives and we have information to share. I am always happy when I have e-mail from NFLD. I have been taking classes in Genealogy and the things most often repeated are, keep a log of where you went to research, the date, the book, the page, and every scrap of info connected with it. If you just downloaded the whole thing, wouldn't that be boring and not worth much? After all, we treasure the things we work hardest for. (at least I do). To me genealogy is a puzzle and I am continually looking for a missing piece and when I find it, what a rush! I love reading the messages. Jean I think my soul is in Newfoundland