In a message dated 2/28/00 12:50:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << I thought I'd make my annual plea for those posting to the SHARP site to indicate which Sharp family they are researching - the German one or the Scotch/English one. It is a dead end looking into the wrong one, and it is not always easy to tell from the posting, which you are talking about. George A Sharp, III Scotch/English >> hi George and the list , What do we put down when we do not know which is which ????? , For instantance , which line is the Sharps in Ross Co Ohio 1850s from ? IE Issac Sharp , the one nobody on the list knows about , Phil