Annie -- I would modify your statement by adding that some "sources" are outright frauds, such as D'Anjou, Somerby, and Marvin, and shouldn't be consulted even for clues. As to people like Monnette (who doesn't even have the correct cemetery for my grgrandfather), GREAT caution is necessary, which is why my advice to beginning genealogists is to avoid him. But since I have many ancestors in families included in Monnette, I am curious as to which families you found clues for -- we might be cousins. Harman Clark hclark@bypass.com