Hi Folks, Just thought I'd let you know (in case you don't already) that these rootsweb lists are archived and many can now be searched online. You can pick which list you want to search, put in your search names, and it will go back through all the postings to the group for the past two years and bring up the ones that apply. You need to know the name of the list you want to search. To find the lists available, you can check this site and choose some lists you are interested in: http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html I think you have to choose ones on Rootsweb. Then you can go to this site and do the search: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl This is handy in case you recently discovered a new surname or just joined a group and you want to see what had been posted before you got on the mailing list. If you've been on a while, you will find your own postings there, spelling errors and all (grin). Not all lists are searchable. Have fun, Fran