This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shaffer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3hGBAEB/1450 Message Board Post: Using the instructions below, try all variant spellings of the Shaffer surname. It will tell you at the top how many matches it made. Not all of the matches are accurate, but this has got to be one of the most amazing sites. There are strict guidelines of the use of content so nothing can be posted on the Rootsweb Board. Here is the URL and a few instructions for those of you who may not have seen this site before. http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/eagle/index.htm When you pull that URL, click on: Log In It will take a bit for the next page, which opens another browser to load. When you get there, you'll see a tab at the top that says: Keyword Search Click on that tab. I left the default settings and in the box called: Search Term I typed in Shaffer. It will load some matches. You can click on the pics of the Newspaper icons and it will open a small browser so that you can read the entire article. This is an amazing site. It's not just the content, it's the site itself that has me amazed. Hey...web design is my thing and I am just amazed. Did I mention I was amazed? lol.. A person could spend all day on that site, providing they were easily amused like me...lol...Enjoy ! Sherri Admin of many variant spellings of the surname Schaefer http://www.berlindog.com