When posting messages to an international web site, keep in mind that half the readers believe Oz is a fictional place with a "Yellow Brick Road" to Emerald City. DO NOT assume that everyone knows that Australians use the term to refer to their homeland, Australia. Now a new Australian abbreviation has hit the internet message boards - Qld. Few foreign readers will understand that this refers to Queensland, not some only named city. Is it any wonder people in Australia have trouble getting genealogy help from outsiders? Less abbreviation might really help - only takes a few more keystrokes to be clear and concise. Jim Clark U.S.A.