Carolyn, Another thought on WMQ in the issues noted: The Swems Index is such a great tool. I am hesitant to ask if you have used it since you are all over the place with research, but if not, get it in a library. Swem was for years the Librarian at William and Mary College. He ransacked, as I recall, eight of the journals that discussed family history in Virginia, and complied this index with surnames and given names with abbreviated citations of the journals indexed. This was an invaluable tool when I started the work on Woodsons in the 1960s. I find relatively few smaller libraries have a copy, but it would be an invaluable tool to recommend librarians to consider adding to their collection. I just note Capt. Obadiah Woodson as follows: Cited in 21V89 [Va. Mag. of History, v. 21, p. 89; 25W(s)286 [WMQ 1st series vol. 10, p. 46]; and so on. Well, so it goes. That note about our going through some lists, I do not know what to make of it. We will see. Best wishes, William Woodson. ----- Original Message ----- From: Carolyn McDaniel <cmacdee@centurytel.net> To: <AMXROADS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 8:10 PM Subject: [AMXROADS] WMQ at Rootsweb > Dear Friend WW! This is wonderful! How did this William and Mary Quarterly > site escape me? > Thank you so very much for this address. This is a marvelous help for any > Virginia researcher. The WMQ is how I first got onto the origins of my > Virginia Smith Ancestry. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/special/wmmaryqtr/index.htm > > By the way, you don't seem to realize our messages have been through the > list! Aren't you glad we're so eloquent? And sweetly remarked? > > Love, Your Cousin, Carolyn > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >