Let us hope the consenus is to eliminate such an idea and allow people to post anytime regardless of the surname. This is more logical and is the purpose of any message board . Perhaps I am reading messages from the Mensa elite in Jersey who have spent to much time in the sun down at the shore but I have never seen anything so ridiculous on any board I subscribe to. Bottom line.If you are looking for further information on your ancestor post a message. Alternatively, continue the message's on which is the best way to proceed as I can use a daily laugh. Mike Z. Pulling letters out of a hat per see or out of my cats' food bowl doesnt matter much to me...........but I did want to get it rolling so I started with A..........lets see what the consensus is on Monday as to how we do it...... ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour