If you have had trouble maneuvering around World Connect, this may help. World Connect is an assortment of family GEDCOMS that can provide valuable leads. I have had lots of trouble! This little essay is from the Rootsweb Review. Betty Pace . Maneuvering Around WorldConnect. Exploring an individual WorldConnect family tree usually begins on the main index page of the database as the result of a search or because someone sent you a a link. The title/subject of the database, the number of entries in the database, the date the database was last updated, and the e-mail address of the database submitter (encrypted for security reasons) is provided on this page. Additionally there might be a link to the submitter's personal homepage. You cannot click on encrypted e-mail addresses at WorldConnect and they cannot be copied and pasted. If you wish to reach a submitter, jot down the e-mail address and type it into the "To:" option of your e-mail application. Navigate through a WorldConnect family tree by selecting a letter of the alphabet ranging from A to Z or NO SURNAME for names that do not include a surname (slave names, Native American names, given names where a wife's maiden name is not known, for example). Don't forget to click on the angle bracket in front of the A and the one following the Z for surnames outside the normal alphabet range. You may also search for names of interest by entering a surname (last name) or surname, (comma) given name (first name) -- Example: Smith, John. Or click on the link to ADVANCED SEARCH to access the full array of search options on a mini- scale to search only the single database you are viewing. After navigating or searching your way to an individual record of interest to you, the page on which you land will include all pertinent information included in the file for the individual including parents, spouse(s), and children. A blue silhouette icon next to a child indicates the file includes descendants of this child. Each of the above entries link to the respective individual record page for that person. Individual record pages also include ID numbers for the individual that are assigned by the genealogy program that created the file. The purpose of the ID number is to identify a specific individual within a file. No two ID numbers in a specific family tree are the same, although the same ID numbers will appear in other WorldConnect files. Because the ID number of an individual within a file is unique it can be used to help you locate the record of an individual in that file, but it cannot be used to locate a file itself. To locate a file you need to know the user code for the account. If you know the user code and the ID number for the individual you wish to find, use this formula to locate the page on which you will find that individual. http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=usercode&id=xxxx Replace the word "usercode" with the actual user code for the account and replace "xxxx" (shown above) with the ID number for the individual to arrive at the URL where this entry may be found. Note: ID numbers often begin with the capital letter "I," which easily can be mis- interpreted as the number one. At the top and bottom of the individual record page is a line of links that will include some or all of the following items as applicable to the individual: Index | Descendancy | Register | Pedigree | Ahnentafel | Download GEDCOM | Add Post-em | View Post-em (2) The INDEX link takes you to an Index page starting with the individual whose page from which you accessed it. Links to a descendancy outline, pedigree, Ahnentafel or Register report will be present -- if the database contains sufficient information to generate such a report. If the submitter permits partial or full downloading of the GEDCOM, a link will be present to show this option. The ADD POST-EM link allows you to add a personal note to the file for the individual on whose page you clicked on this link. After you add a Post-em Note, a blue and yellow pushpin icon and the words VIEW POST-EM will appear next to the ID number on the individual page with a link to your note. The VIEW POST-EM link and the number of Post-em Notes appear only if the individual's record has existing Post-em Notes attached. When should you add a Post-em Note to someone else's database? When you have additional or corrected information and wish to let the submitter and others viewing the record know about it, or when you wish to add a note indicating how you are related to a particular individual in the database. Use a Post-em Note if you have attempted to contact the submitter by e-mail and found the contact information outdated, because he or she may well eventually find your note attached to the database. When you click on the ADD POST-EM link you will be asked for your name, e-mail address, your message, and as an option, an URL and description to link to a webpage. You will also be asked to choose a password for your Post-em Note, which will allow you, the creator (and ONLY you) to return to the Post-Em Note, and either edit or delete it. WorldConnect trees are owned by the submitter and he or she may elect to remove (but never edit) a Post-em Notes created by visitors. If you should ever forget your WorldConnect database password, or your Post-em password, visit RootsWeb's Password Central http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ and have it sent to you.