For Jim Nixon, This will only add to your confusion, but the only WEST ancester I know is Lavinia West and she happens to have history in the Frederick Co., Md. area. But--you mentioned Frederick, Md. and I jumped on it like a bug. I have to link up with someone in the general area, (being anywhere in Md or Delaware) or wherever the boundaries happened to be at one time or another. Sometimes I'm not sure whether I'm studying history or geography. Rosie in Indiana __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/