Hello everyone, I'm writing to invite you to join us on the MOBILE BAY AREA ROOTS [AL-MOBILEBAY] mailing list. MOBILE BAY AREA ROOTS is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the Mobile Bay, Alabama, area -- specifically Mobile and Baldwin Counties in Alabama plus the counties which border these counties in Mississippi (George, Greene and Jackson), Alabama (Clarke, Escambia, Monroe and Washington) and Florida (Escambia). Why do we cover more than Mobile County? Simple. We share history and geography with these nearby counties. County and state boundaries in this area have moved around quite a bit in the last couple hundred years. Plus, our neighboring counties of Baldwin and Washington have no mailing lists of their own. With MOBILE BAY AREA ROOTS, they don't need one. Topics for the list include genealogical queries and discussions of resources having to do with the aforementioned counties and various time periods in the area's history such as the Louisiana Purchase (Mobile was the first capital of Louisiana), Spanish West Florida, the Confederate period, the Mississippi Territory, etc. As well, "press releases" from genealogical societies and libraries in the aforementioned counties are welcome. Mailing address for postings is [email protected] You must be a member of the list to post. To subscribe send the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) as the ONLY text in the BODY of an email message to [email protected] (mail mode) or [email protected] (digest mode). P.S. We're just a few days away from our very first SURNAME ROLL CALL. You don't want to miss it, so be sure to subscribe before Sunday, April 11th. If you are already a subscriber, thanks for joining and we'll see you on the list. -- Regards, Kevin Sellew in Mobile, Alabama Listowner of AL-MOBILEBAY and MGS-MEMBERS http://www.siteone.com/clubs/mgs/mailroom.htm *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* also President of the Mobile (Alabama) Genealogical Society -- a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization and WebMaster for the Mobile Genealogical Society Web Site On the Web: http://www.siteone.com/clubs/mgs/ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*