Thank you to all of you who responded with helpful hints, directions, ideas, fees, directions, etc., for my upcoming visit to NYC. I've printed everything out and put together a little booklet of instructions and ideas to help me along the way. I may have some more questions you can help me with before I leave, I will be gone approx. 15-20 days. When I get back I will post my pics to a website detailing all my adventures with my son going to the Archives, Bureaus, Ellis Island, Cemeteries, Churches, my great-grandparents house, my childhood home, etc. I still have plenty of time before I leave, so if any of you have additional thoughts, feel free to send them on. Thank you, Cathy in sunny Tampa, FL Native of Brooklyn, NY Ongoing Surname Research as of January 2005 AUSTIN, BALLIN, DRISCOLL, FAVOURE, FULLER, HRADEL, KOZISKI, KUPECZ, McLENDON, MURPHY, NAGLE, RYAN, SOBOL, STEPHENS, WALLA, WILLIAMS