Thanks to Tom's explanation I am now certain that I have only half a brain, the left half, which explains some of the mistakes I have made in my life and why I can't find the desk on some days! I know it's here under the stacks of printouts from the many surname lists I am on. I bought one of those handy alphabetized folders for sorting papers, it works great to prepare for filing when the printer tray fills up. Only problem there, it's under the stack too. All of us dream of finding information on the surname lists that will help us, I was fortunate enough to have that happen to me this past week, only I didn't do the finding, I was found by a distant cousin and he asked if I would like to have his information on one of my lines (Vestal/Hood). I received from him a wonderful GEDCOM file that gave me several generations I did not have. So don't give up, you never know when something will fall into place. This give and take is sort of like fishing, if you don't bait your hook, you won't get a bite. Do you have a success story to share? Jean