Received this request regarding links -- hope I'm not out of bounds here, Nan. Shirley "If that lady replies to you directly & not through the regular path, please post it for us to see. I'm building my page now, too, and need to know protocol for listing favorite links." I siteowner has not responded to me, but someone else gave me very good information: : http://www.usgennet.org/~ahnybrow/BrownvilleMain.html He also stated: "As to protocol for linking to someone else's site -- there is none... if an url exists "out there", you can link to it... but remember it might go dead in future or be renamed etc -- see tools in Cyndi's kit (link below) to monitor those things. "It is a courtesy to let a fellow genealogist know, perhaps... but nothing more. "Some websites even make it easy to link to them if you want a link on your pages to them...... see for example, http://www.cyndislist.com/construc.htm#Link To "If you have not read through it already, this is a fabulous resource for do-it-yourself webpages... Cyndi's Genealogy Home Page Construction Kit http://www.CyndisList.com/construc.htm"