Hello, everyone, This past week was so hectic (worked 42 hours in 4 days), I didn't even get to commemorate an 'anniversary' that I wanted to recognize. Last fall this week, I was surfing the web trying to find the phone number to the Sevier County courthouse (where my mom works, in case any of you have Sevier County, AR connections!). Somehow I ended up on a page with Drew County information, and I found a reference to a book called "Old Times Not Forgotten: A History of Drew County". Next thing you know, I am dashing off an e-mail addressed to "Ms. DeArmond" asking how I can get a copy of her book! (Rebecca forwarded me the e-mail recently, which is why I know when it was dated: November 12, 1997) Everything just started going from there. I decided I wanted to trace my family history, so I started with the "Herbert White" family story in Old Times. That's how I got Lynn White's name...and corresponding with Lynn led me to cousins Robbie Reaves and Jeff Loveless. Sometime in between all that I met cousin Karen Hayes on the RootsWeb Surname List. Well, to make a potentially long story short, finding Rebecca's book and reading about all these Drew County characters, meeting people interested in Drew County research, and getting hopelessly addicted to this genealogy stuff is what ultimately led to the creation of ARDREW-L. When we started, I e-mailed all the people I knew who were researching Drew County and who had e-mail addresses. It was a whopping 7 names (my Aunt Bobbie Lehman, my dad, my brother, Jeff Loveless, Robbie Reaves, Karen Hayes, and Rebecca DeArmond-Huskey). Small beginnings! But, as I was telling Rebecca the other day, we have now grown to 62 subscribers, with more joining in all the time! So, here's a big thanks to all of you for making this a great place to do research. And to all our new subscribers, if you haven't posted yet, go ahead and let us know who you are and what families you are researching. We've got lots of people here willing to help. --Melissa