This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Knauf Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACE/3253.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Remember, they have family files and surname files. Surname files are mainly obits and newspaper stuff. Family files are usually research someone else has done DO NOT give them open turf to make copies for you. Make sure you specify exactly what you want and that you want them copied back to back. It's cheaper. And don't forget to specify all variations you want checked.