Ancestry is at least moving westward with their records but FTM seems unable to get themselves ferried over the Mississippi. FTM has no records for Iowa or Nebraska ..I am not sure about Kansas. I was able to find some wonderful information on FTM about the Holloways..very attracted to the Branson men..several Holloway women married into the Branson family. Don't feel bad about being unable to find relatives...someone beamed my husband's line down also..all the Bagbys are related except his line which seems to have come out of nowhere. anne > I have had NO luck on any of the paid web sites. Ancestry opens its fee > sites for free a couple times a year, and I have taken advantage of that on > several occasions over the years to see if there's any change, but there's > been nothing, so I've been glad not to have paid the fees. > > Those of you who have found things are lucky; I've decided my ancestors are > aliens from space! > > Sharon