Diana - Re your "... data base of Poythress descendents and related families contains now 700 people, supported by Batte cards. I mention this for those who may still be waiting for my compilation. Somehow when I got rolling, I couldn't stop. My hope is to have it fairly complete by the end of March. Once on a CD, this compilation can be read by FTM without use of much hard drive space. I may start posting some family groupings for comment in a week or two." This sounds great. Looking forward to seeing more whenever available. Sounds like we can all learn a lot from all this work you've been applying. We'll all applaud your work! Barbara (BPN)