Yes, we do have to trash things to make space – my genealogy space is now an 8 x 10 room with bookshelves and file cabinets, and I can barely see the floor! But every time I trash something I think I’ll never use again, I discover later it would have held data for something needed several genealogical generations down the way ☺ When we begin genealogy, many of us tend to concentrate on a direct line and specific names. "Fortunately" (thus the mess) I realized early in the game that ALL the collateral names can be vital clues. The neighbors, other members of the Quaker Meeting, spouses and even in-laws of the siblings provide clues. My Walter Family for example had been “done” by an ancestor many years before I learned that Townsend Walter had been married twice and his second wife (my ancestress) was a SISTER of the first wife, and I KNEW who her parents were! Notice the . . . after the names below? That DOES really mean "and LOTS of others!" I am constantly returning to books and papers I meant to get rid of and finding tons of additional information. Enjoy the mess! Judy %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Judith Walter Heald jheald@pennswoods.net Spring Mills, PA 16875 Our roots include: Lots of Quakers from 1600's to present. . . Surnames: Barnard, Dickson, Ely, Heald, Hilaman, Hoopes, Kirk, Kline, Lippincott, Marshall, Mercer, Moore, Ogden, Paxson, Plankinton, Pownall, Pusey, Pyle, Rodgers, Sellers, Sharpless, Swayne, Taylor, Thompson, Walter, Watson, Way, Webb, Wickersham. . . PA Counties, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Bucks, Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson, Elk, . . .