I would like to propose a research project for those on the list who are intertested. What I hope to do is to make a list of all referrences to Akers on a state by state basis with the names in cronological order. What good is this? All of us have been collecting various bits of info on all sorts of Akers's families some related to us some not, some who knows? My info is all over the place and not in any particular organization. It would be very helpful to be able to look at a state and see if any of the names matched. This could show us migration patterns, marriage patterns etc. How do we go about it? We start with one state. Everyone gather up what info they have on any Akers in that state and post it either to this site or to me. I will be in charge of gathering up the material for certain states that are of interest to me and I hope some of you will take charge of states of interest to them. Every so often we will post the list in progress (they will probably never be finished as we will be adding new info) What info do we want? The name of the Akers person/s Other names associated with this record (i.e. spouses, witnesses, neighbors etc.) The date of the record The location (state, county, town, address) keep it simple if you have an entire will just give us the names/dates/places involved and a note that the entire will can be viewed if desired. Will someone steal this information? Most if not all of what we deal with is already on the public record. We are mostly interested in Names, places and dates. I would hope not to get hung up on this as it really hurts research. What states shall we do? I have already started with New York state so that will be my first state. Other states I personally will do: New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois. I would hope to find volunteers to handle Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and any other state of interest to this list. What years? To keep things manageable I would like to do from as early as possible to 1850-1875. Then at a later time from 1850-1875 on. What do you think? Craig Herron ggggrandson of Rachel Akers