Dear Richard, I would be very interested in searching your index for family names, as both of my maternal grandparents were born in Fayette Co., PA. Other family members have lived / still live there and in the surrounding counties. Is your genealogy website online yet? Please let me know when I can get a peek. Thank you, Denise S New Jersey Garcher - Garchar - Garcar, Urbany, Tressa, Rosneck, Dulik, Gates, Gallow, Stemmock, Noble, Yanchus, Gnabah, Lilley, Brownfield, Martin, Goodwin, Stillwagon, Stouffer, Poole, Deckers, Leacy, Cullen, Roark, Durkin, Hughes, McDonough, O'Hara, Connelly, Catney, Taylor, Franks, Loan - Lone - Loane, Mills, Embury, Bell, Morrison, Wick, Schmidt, Scheibner, Townsend =================================================== Subj: [PAWESTMO-L] Kinda silly question, I spose...  Date: 3/13/2005 10:27:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: rsimpson3@indy.rr.com To: PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com Sent from the Internet (Details) I started using the trial version of GenSmarts - VERY good program that I plan to buy on payday.  Anyway, it seems that it recommends my searching the Westmoreland County Birth, Death, Wills, and Cemetery records for my "brick wall,"  George W. Simpson, born 1826.  The question comes up is this:  would the court house have the birth and death records from back that far, or would I have to find a church record someplace?  Is there another source for that information?  I don't have the luxury of running to Greensburg....at least 'til after tax season.   Any help would be appreciated. Also, I am currently working on a genealogy website that encompasses my entire work...the point is that I currently have 22000+ people in my database.  It has turned from a personal project to a project on the lines of OneWorldTree at ancestry.com.  If anyone would like to contribute to the project, feel free to contact me. Richard McClelland Simpson, III 2109 S Pennsylvania St (how ironic is THAT?) Indianapolis, IN  46225 (317) 780-8440 Rsimpson3@indy.rr.com