You 'oldbies' (you already know everything) bear with me while I direct 'newbies' to a couple of ROOTSWEB resources. RootsWeb has a series of lessons - this one is about using tax authority resources. http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson11.htm (May have to cut and paste) Rootsweb also has a weekly newsletter that is informative - and recently has carried a serial type story of someone's trials in finding their ancestor. (And as with all good serials, the hero always prevails) Keep informed about the latest news, new databases, webpages and mailing lists at RootsWeb. Subscribe to the weekly RootsWeb Review. http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ It's free!