Hi List, Sorry for the confusion. The url will work, just checked it myself. The problem is the url is too long to fit on one line. You will have to cut and paste it . Highlight the text (in this case, the url below ). Click Edit. Click Copy.. Click the url box. Click Paste. Click Go or hit Enter. http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/northampton/history/local/davis/davis3 0.txt You can also do some interesting research, just by shortening the url (stop at northampton, for instance)...it's always sort of a suprise to me the things that can pop up. Found a brick wall that way once. Have fun, Wendy