Here's a suggestion that might work for some. When I get a check back from a County Clerk or a Historical Society or Library because they can't find what I asked for, I send that amount to Rootsweb cooperative. I figger it is already spent, it isn't a big chunk of money and Brian and Karen Leverich could put it to good use. When I say "not a big chunk of money", it is usually $5 to $10. They seem happy to get it. I do that a couple of times a year. I am very grateful for Rootsweb and for the Seaman Listers. I have been on about 6 lists in the past, and ya'll are most gracious in your sharing of information. Kudos to you all. Marilyn ---- Let us then be up and doing With a will for any fate. Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor, and to wait. ---- It's by Longfellow. He must have been a genealogist.