Hi all! Yesterday, Derry Ann (Derryann@aol.com) and D.E. Mayfield (Brawnerfar@aol.com) engaged in a collique concerning a CD-ROM on the C.S.A.'s Andersonville Prison that I currently am offering. I wrote both Derry Ann & D.E. Mayfield personally this morning and, apparently, "everything's fine" now. But because D.E. Mayfield publically expressed concerns relating to my offering of this excellent CD-ROM-----and how proceeds from those sales will be re-invested-----I feel compelled now to respond... These are strange times & D.E. Mayfield was right in pointing out that my wording on that web-page didn't explicitly *promise* to send a portion of every sale to our sponsor, Rootsweb.com. Nor did it explicitly detail my overall plans to develop additional on-line (free, I'd add) resources of considerable interest to both Andersonville and Sultana enthusiasts....'Sorry, but I suspect that all web-page/site developers will understand why... At any rate, let me share herein my intentions so that I'll not be catagorized into that group of scoundrels & scam artists that apparently so populate our 'Net: CD Author Daryl Hutchinson & I began just 1 month ago to market his CD-ROM through the web page in question. Read about it at URL: http://www.rapidnet.com/~greg/Tom/CDROM.html Daryl & I have an agreement wherein I buy his CD-ROM at $19.95/copy and I sell it from my web-page at $24.95/copy. The $24.95 I charge is *precisely* the same amount as the NPS charges at the Andersonville NHS Visitor Center. Clearly, the additional $2.00 shipping/handling cost difference (which Daryl & I split equally) simply makes Daryl's CD-ROM *much* more widely available, especially for genealogists living far from southwest Georgia, U.S.A. That leaves the $5.00/CD difference. Keep in mind: in our 1st month of "sales," we've sold a whopping 10 copies! (no refelection on it's quality/ value). 'Still, here's how I intend to re-invest the proceeds from CD sales: ***************** 1. I will *FIRST* invest in buying additional server space from my ISP so that I can finally upload (and offer for free) the entire 2,150-searchable- by surname-database I have for those Union soldiers who were aboard the Sultana on 27 APR 1865 when it exploded on the Mississippi River. Keep in mind, over half of those Union soldiers who died in that tragedy were formerly imprisoned at Andersonville. Folks: more souls perished in that uniquely American maritime tragedy than perished on the H.M.S. Titanic 47 years later! Did *you* know that? If not, don't feel badly, far too few Americans today know about it. I think it's rather important. That's my priority #1. 2. After I've uploaded the 2,150-name seachable database mentioned in #1 above, I intend to begin sending regular, quarterly payments to Rootsweb.com using their secure, "contribution" web-page. A Listowner of four Rootsweb.com mailing lists (Andersonville-L, Sultana-L, Reeves-L and Dean-L), I incurr Rootsweb "Sponsor" expenses of $80.00/annually. And I'm behind by a full year in my "Sponsor" expenses which means that I owe Rootsweb.com a minimum of $160. That *alone* will require the sale of 32 CD's. Proceeds exceeding #'s 1 & 2 will permit... 3. My *ultimate goal* of making available on-line----indeed, searchable----- the entire 33,000-name Atwater-Barton database now available only limitly from the Andersonville NHS or from this CD-ROM. ****************** Daryl Hutchinson's CD-ROM is outstanding and a valuable asset to Civil War enthusiasts and savvy genealogists alike. I'll apologize for my badly- worded web-page but I won't apologize to those who live in a paranoid and skeptical world that seemingly subject everyone, and their produce, to both both skepticism and ridicule... Well. Enough. I'll simply let my words stand witness to my integrity. Greg Reeves Andersonville-L, Sultana-L, Reeves-L, and Dean-L Listowner greg@rapidnet.com