http://www.teldir.com A useful site - telephone directories worldwide. I used the German sites UK sites, put in the surname (not a common one I might add) of my ancestor and where he was born. Up came a list of people with that surname living in the area today as well as their address and phone number. Probably not so useful with very common surnames. http://www.multimap.com a great site for finding places associated with your family in the United Kingdom - a beta version for world maps is available but not as good as http://www.expediamaps.com is for countries outside the UK. http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/terms.html http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/trades.html a list of occupations from earlier times with a brief explanation http://www.graylab.ac.uk/omd/ a list of medical terms and their explanations - great for explaining the medical terms listed on death certificates