I hope everyone had happy and safe holidays. This year is now coming to a close and I have been working to have the website ready for the new year. The queries that are posted on the View New Queries page will be posted for the 1999 Queries and Surnames. The ones received this past year will be archived in the 1998 Queries and Surnames. If anyone would like to have any additional pages made for the website please contact me and I will get the page done. Or if you would like any changes made to the site - my ears are always open. I made a request asking for volunteers to help with gathering census records for the website. So far I am sorry to say only one person has offered to help me with one of my counties. I personally am still working on the 1850 census for Sevier (which would included Howard Co) and Newton Co., Ar. and being helped with the 1850 census for Morgan Co., Al. Slow process but getting there. I also have cemetery information that I am still working on trying to get posted that I and 3 others helped to gathered last summer. With only one or two people working to get this information it will be very slow. But if several of us work together imagine what we can get done! This is your website - as I have told you without you it would not be a success. And you have all worked hard to make it successful! I asked a few weeks ago to consider making a donation to Rootsweb. I appreciate all those that have said they would help to make it possible to keep the site running at no charge. I did have several make a comment that they had been told on other lists that it was expected. I do not want anyone to feel that it is manditory. It is your descision. As we all know there will be many newcomers to the list. Santa made several deliveries of new computers. Remember we were all new - noticed I didn't use the word I hate newbies - at one time. So if someone does not post something you feel proper please do not take it out on them because you have had a bad day. They will learn the ettiquette of mailing lists soon. And you never know this may be the person that has the information that you have searched for many years. You all read in the welcome email when you subscribed to this list that I will NOT tollerate rude behavior or flaming. I have been proud of my lists and have not had this problem but have already seen it on other lists. Thank you for being the mature, generous and helpful people you have been. I really hate to bring this up but I don't want one bad apple to spoil the whole bunch. I have been contacted that on one of my websites a professional genealogist is gathering information from contacts on the queries and selling it to their customers. Now I am sure there is more than this one. I just want to remind you that when you share something the only obligation they have when they publish a book is to state who they obtained the info from. Now if the genealogist is providing the info without acknowledging where it came from, then the genealogist is violating copyright laws. Just as there is a copyright on all my websites. This is not only to protect the information I gather but also the information you submit. But be a good genealogist and do NOT give ALL your information out until you know who you are dealing with and what their intentions are...And if you are a professional genealogists wouldn't it be ethical to inform the person what your intents are to use their information? You will notice (below) I have started a few more mailing lists. I hope if the surnames are in your family lines the lists will be of help to you. Thank you for being a great group to work with!!! Kathy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Genealogy Shoppe http://members.aol.com/GenShoppe/genshoppe.htm Morgan Co., Al. http://www.rootsweb.com/~almorgan/index.htm (mailing list) Howard Co., Ar. http://www.rootsweb.com/~arhoward/index.htm (mailing list) Newton Co., Ar. http://www.rootsweb.com/~arnewton/index.htm (mailing list) Sevier Co., Ar. http://www.rootsweb.com/~arsevier/index.htm (mailing list) Bessinger Genealogy http://members.aol.com/WhitlowWeb/Bessinger/bessinger.htm Hudson Genealogy http://members.aol.com/Hudsonpage/HudsonWeb/hudson.htm Joslin Genealogy http://members.aol.com/Hudsonpage/JoslinWeb/joslin.htm Potter Genealogy http://members.aol.com/HudsonK/Potter/potter.htm Smith Genealogy http://members.aol.com/Hudsonpage/SmithWeb/smith.htm Stokes Genealogy http://members.aol.com/HudsonK/StokesWeb/stokes.htm Whitlow Genealogy http://members.aol.com/WhitlowWeb/Whitlow/whitlow.htm Stokes Mailing List: To Subscribe: STOKES-L-request.rootsweb.com or STOKES-D-request@rootsweb.com Tollett Mailing List: To Subscribe: TOLLETT-L-request.rootsweb.com or TOLLETT-D- request@rootsweb.com *********************************************************************** Adair Clanton Hooper Michaux Sebring Angell Corlew Hopkins Morgan Smith Annett Day House Morton Stokes Beaston Dennis Hudson Palmer Thornton Bell Duty Kirkham Pearson Tollett Bessinger Eddings Laney Pinson Waugh Brandon Goetz Loyd Potter White Brisco Helms Lynch Rochet Whitlow Buzbee Hill McGuire Rogers Woodson Cates Holt McMurtry Rose Wright `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ```````````````````````