This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CCC.2ACE/150.575.1 Message Board Post: Come on People. If you are searching for a family named Nelson, Canton, Blitz, etc. etc. etc. You have GOT to give a starting point. You HAVE to have someone that has a date of birth, a place, time, etc. Otherwise you will never get an answer. I could give you a list of 5,000 Nelson's in Washington with births from early 1800's through almost today. Genealogy starts at home. Start with family, what they know. Local records, then go from there. Do research in online county/state records. Go to the local county auditor. Start from a point, not a shotgun approach. Ron Bestrom