This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/431.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi laura, I am getting the hang of this. does this cost money to belong to? I do not use them enough if they cost money. I have tried posting messages before and never seem to get it right. I will soon be 74 and I am deaf so I got the e mail because I cannot use a telephone. I will get my records out in a couple hours and see what I have. Maybe I do not have what you need. I thought Johannes was his father but haven't looked at that for awhile. I would love to know more about you. Next time I will write with your e mail. The Spease picnic is Aug. 11 in Platteville. Are you too far away to attend that? More later, Shirley spease