Sorry you guys.......I should have written out the entire URL's for those of you who couldn't get in the surname sites. The GOOD news is I have since gotten two more SURNAME sites from my cousin. xxxxxxoooo Louise Here goes: 1. <A HREF="aol://4344:167.surname1.1410129.544939708">Surname Center</A> There is no URL for this. I think this is an AOL thing! 2. This one is from John Fuller's Web site. Scroll down to surname list: <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html ">Surname list</A> OR http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html 3. This one is a link from Prosper Net's home page. If you can't get in......you may want to start at Proper Net's home page which is http://www.prospernet.com/index.html <A HREF="http://www.prospernet.com/artsscience/socialscience/history/genealogy /genenames.html ">SURNAME SITE</A> OR: http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html 4. This one is Gene Stark's Surname Index....and you need to register...although it say's there is a place to look up for free!!! Whatever......it's: http://www.gendex.com/gendex/ OR <A HREF="http://www.gendex.com/gendex/">SURNAME SITE GREAT</A> if you can hyperlink. 5. This one's called SURNAME SPRINGBOARD. http://geocities.com/~alacy/spring.htm OR <A HREF="http://geocities.com/~alacy/spring.htm">Surname Springboard Main Page </A> (from my cousin) 6. CALLED SURNAME WEB http://www.surnameweb.org/ OR <A HREF="http://www.surnameweb.org/">Surname Web</A> 7. This is from GEN FORUM http://www.genforum.com/ OR <A HREF="http://www.genforum.com/surnames/r.html">Surnames GEN Forum</A> 8. This is the ROOTS WEB surname site http://cgi.rootsweb.com/surhelp/srchall.html OR <A HREF="http://cgi.rootsweb.com/surhelp/srchall.html">SURNAMES ROOTSWEB</A> 9. This one's called US Surname Distribution.....kinda fun. Enter a surname (last name) into the form below and you'll get a map of the United States showing the distribution of people with this surname within the 50 United States. http://www.hamrick.com/names/index.html OR <A HREF="http://www.hamrick.com/names/index.html">Surnames in the US mapped </A>