Hi List Many thanks for those kind people who have contacted me off & on list, it is most appreciated, however, The RI data which is easily accessible I have recorded and noted.....It is the definitive detail which I wish to know where it can be obtained, e.g. does RI have a Births, Deaths & Marriages Registry where this data is located in a central point for access by the general public either on or off line???? Ancestry.com for all its bragging does not appear to me to have definitive data, example Births in RI from 1600 something to 1930, I enter a know name say in 1870 and it says no record, well then what does the heading mean???? Is there a depository with this data somewhere or not???? Sorry to sound pedantic, in Australia each State has its own BDM Registry office and holds ALL the data for that State!!!! Is there something similar in RI and/or its Counties??? I await your comments with interest....... Happy researching David Cheek - Adelaide - Australia Protected by Norton Anti-Virus 2006 Transcriber of Parish Registers in South West Somerset and FreeBMD