On this paid researcher note, this is my thoughts. Not all paid researchers are evil and if they are recommended, I will link them, but only with a KNOWN reference... Someone who I have dealt with and whose word is reliable. When I first started out, NO ONE would help me in my county. They shunned me at the Genealogical Society and low and behold, one day, a lady befriended me... She was a professional researcher... After a few years of swapping emails, we struck up a deal. I provide a link to her pages, and she in return would do some of my query work for free. You know the standard lookup, I have a SMITH JONES ANDERSON who may have lived married died in your county or state, can you help??? (grin) It has turned out nicely. About 1 out of 15 become a client for her, and most of them post their information to my site. She is low pressure, that is, she answers their query for free, then let's them know she has a service for a modest price if they need further assistance. In addition, she has provided so many FREE things for my site. Also, it is nice to be able to recommend a professional, someone who, will not RIP them off, or not give them a fair price, or not deliver what is promised... Well, we all been there, done that. On another note, did everyone get the note that Ancestory.com bought out Rootsweb??? And all donors at a certain level will get a free year (paid services included) for our past sponsorships??? I just signed up and got my free subscriptions, so if you don't hear from me, I am busy getting my "monies" worth (yuck yuck yuck)... I would like to have a discussion or any comments on what you think the future of rootsweb will be? All my sites are on Rootsweb. R/S MAK --- WIGEN-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/