Lorraine, A professional I hired found nothing - which is not the problem. The trouble was she sent me copies of records which I had already seen and told her about I had looked at and eliminated. Someone in our genealogy society here told me that was a common problem. Surely they are not all the same but be forewarned! Diane in CO In a message dated 2/15/2006 1:15:54 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, phillyirish2003@yahoo.com writes: am considering engaging a professional genealogist to help me break though my brick wall issues. If you have done anything similar I'd apprecaite hearing from you.