E.W., thank you for a very complete and informative piece. May I add that there is a still fairly new RootsWeb list for lookups in city directories? You can subscribe via City-Directories-L-request@rootsweb.com or City-Directories-D-request@rootsweb.com. Kurt Pickering La Vergne, TN _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com