Hi all - I just finished reading one of my old issues (July/August 1998) of the Family Chronicle - This one has a fantastic article of "Get Started on Your German Line". It was written by Shirley Riemer, who was the author of "The German Research Companion", 1997. She evidently has been making annual trips to Germany for about 24 years. I thought I knew something about researching in Germany but I sure did learn alot from this 9-pg. article. If you subscribe to this magazine (which I think is probably the best today) go back to it and re-read it. Another thing I learned in this issue - concerning dating photographs and identifying the people. A letter talking about 19th century photos. The women/girls all has a center part to their hair. The lecturer stated that a side part in the hair always indicated that the subject is a boy. At that time, boys and girls generally had the same style of clothing, which was "off the shoulder". Something to keep in mind. I didn't remember reading that before so decided that I would backtrack and at least go through some of the older issues. Thought I would pass along what I considered to be good hints. Bette