Dear Darlene: GenCircles is a free website -- found at http://www.gencircles.com It consists of a very large amount of genealogical materials submitted by various researchers, which has then been indexed and organized so as to be able to search it easily. There is a LOT of information on this site. However, I must also warn you that it consists entirely (I think) of material that has been submitted by anyone and everyone. Very little of it shows sources for the "facts" that it presents. On the other hand, if you have no idea at all who "your guy" married, and where she came from, you can pick up a lot of clues as to where to look for confirmation. I rarely just "accept" what they present, but I do find that quite often I can find the confirmation and a respectable source once I know where to look. My inquiry about Sheila Stratton-Peel (who, BTW, IS a member of the WRG and has answered and identified herself to me) was prompted by a search I was doing (on GenCircles) for the family of an Isaac Williams who married a Martha Whitney. While searching GenCircles for that family, I discovered that she had submitted data about them. While checking the data by using the CD set of MA Vital Records that I own, I discovered that in one of the families I had found several other children in one family group that she had missed, probably because that family had moved to a new town. Thinking that I remembered her from some WRG list postings, I sent the inquiry to the list. Thus, I use this source as I would any other secondary source. I find clues that will direct my searching and then look elsewhere for confirmation. I do the same with the Ancestral File material on the LDS website, and any other site that depends on the collection of material from researchers, some of whom are utterly reliable and others who have very poor research technique. The biggest clue is the extent to which one finds documentation and sources cited. This includes World Family Tree, Olive Tree Genealogy and Rootsweb. So, I would urge anyone to check these sources if you are stuck and need a clue as to a new direction to search. Just remember not to take what you find as the gospel truth. Happy Hunting! Allan E. Green