One needs to keep in mind that persons on a list may or may not live in the area of the list interest. I administer a list with that has 215 L and 84 D subscribers of which three live within the county. It's wise to just keep a copy of your query to refer back to down the road. I've received answers within 5 minutes and also 2 years after posting. One can also check the archives of a list to see if the original post made the list or if someone answered and you missed the posting. Go to: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ type in the list of interest. Fred Frederick M. Dittmar, Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma  73026   http://frederick.dittmar.org   Member: Association of Professional Genealogy http://www.apgen.org Mail List Administrator: 38 Mail Lists - 1 Message Board   Board Member & Genealogical Assistant Oklahoma Genealogy Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs