Cousins, Hope all of you are having a successful search!! As always, if you get multiple copies of this post, that means you are on more than one of the lists I manage - the posts are identical, so delete all but this one. PLEASE READ this one!! If you have genealogy/local history books you no longer need and would like to sell, if you are a part of a local historical society that has materials for sale, or if you are looking for some new materials, you might enjoy one of the Gen-Mat lists at this server. To join, send SUBSCRIBE in the message part of a post to GEN-MAT-L-request@rootsweb.com or to GEN-MAT-15-L-request@rootsweb.com (the list for materials/services priced $15 or under). If, while you are researching your ancestors, you encounter plantation information - slave data - in wills, deeds, or other documents, please send it to SLAVEINFO-L@rootsweb.com so that African-American cousins who are seeking their ancestors might have a better chance of success. If you have a copyrighted book with such info and are willing to do lookups, please post that fact to the list, also. Some of you sent data a few months ago when I was planning to have a website for that purpose, but this will be even better, I think, since the archives of that list can be accessed by those who want the information. Any of you who might also want to join that list can do so by sending SUBSCRIBE in the message part of a post to SLAVEINFO-L-request@rootsweb.com The genealogy lists are only going to work for us if we POST, POST, POST........... Send ALL the information you know about the ancestor you are trying to find when you post a query. Use a very clear subject line so that a cousin will not delete your post without reading it because she thinks it does not relate to her. If you find data that you think others on the list might want to see, post it - maybe someone will do the same for you about your ancestor! If you have a resource and are willing to do lookups for the cousins on your list, post that fact to the list. Maybe a cousin on the list will do lookups in a book that mentions your ancestor. If you think of a good way for those of us on a list to work together on a project, suggest it to the list, volunteer to help with it - if we all use our talents and our effort to work together, we will find more ancestors. I see this happening on a couple of small lists and on one large list, and much progress is being made on all three! These are OUR lists for finding OUR ancestors, and they will only be as productive as we make them. REMINDER - If you have not sent your snailmail address to me (privately, of course), please do so in case you go offline and a cousin wants to contact you about your ancestor. Use the subject line SNAILMAIL. Also - if you need to contact me about anything having to do with the list you are on, please use my name - CAROL - as the subject line, so that I will read it as soon as I download it. Be sure to mention the name of the list you are on in your post. If I do not respond within 24 hours, resend it, because that would mean it was lost in cyberspace, my reply to it was lost in cyberspace, or some such. Let's find some ancestors!! Carol