Not much for computers, both of my parents have spent hundreds of hours at several state archives in VA and NC and also in SLC. My mother has published a pretty extensive tome on her ancestry (no, not descendant of kings) and my father is working on his.

That said, when my dad was traveling a lot, he had a habit (in the '70s & early '80s) of picking up a phone book where ever he found himself, looking up our name (pretty unique) and calling up whoever he found for a drink, ect... to see if there was a story.

Bit him in the ass when he ran into a guy in Dallas, who claimed to have a fabled "XXXXXX" family sword. The guy actually flew to Augusta, GA and tried to run a con on my dad. I don't know the whole story on what ultimately happened to the fellow (it wasn't good for him), but it was a big deal at the time, so I have been wary about contacting folks like that for a while. Seems like the cons are getting braver recently (hell, Sarcozi(sp) just had that Rocancourt ******* to the Pallais of Versailles!!!!!)

Although it is tempting to want to know, and I am not making any judgments on your discoveries, Sug, just my anecdote.