How about mentioning race or ethnic background ... that would save a lot of time too! Most of mine are African American with a little mixture from the past WILLIAMS, GREEN/GRUEN/KROEN (German), BASKERVILLE (A.A. Co., Balto. Co., MD, Germany and ?) BURLEY, COOMBS/COMBS, GAMBRIL/GAMBRILL (MD and ?) JONES, MILES, QUEEN (NC, VA, MD and ?) SMITH, NELSON, JOHNS, RICE (Annapolis MD, TX, VA and ?) BUTLER (Indian?), MATTHEWS, OLIVER, SEWELL, GAITHER (MD and ?) FRANCE, TALBOT/TALBOTT, HOWARD, HAMMOND (MD and ?) ROOKS, HINES, NICHOLSON, BAILEY (SC, MD, VA and ?) <snip ----- Original Message ----- snip From: Trish <shadowalker33@uswest.net> To: <ROLL-CALL-L@rootsweb.com> . I sometimes : think I may know the names but without states to go with the counties, I'm : at a loss and I go through 200 email a day and can't stop to email everyone : asking for state names.>