Just a brief announcement to all cousins and friends -- a trial version of "The Jesse Tree: Descendants of Jesse Self of Walker County, Georgia," is now online and available for viewing at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~onesimus/Web%20Cards/WC_TOC.HTM This is just a modest gedcom-like affair to begin with, since it's my first attempt at making a website. Listed and linked are the "First Thousand" descendants found which trace back to Jesse Self and Mary Narramore. Generally speaking this covers about six generations in time (down to 1920), and an estimated one-half of the total eventually to be found. As of yesterday, our entire database on this family includes 2,745 descendants (not including spouses), with about one-quarter of the lines traced to the present time. All this would have been impossible without the incredibly rich and whole-hearted sharing of research and records by so many, both in our bloodline family and in our "family of the heart." Since this is a only trial verson of this database, individuals who have contributed will be properly credited in the first revision -- projected to be the week after Easter, to give time for adequate feedback, organization and contruction. Your comments, suggestions and corrections will be appreciated (really!) I cannot allow this announcement to end, however, without making two primary acknowledgements of thanks. First, to Barbara Peck of Self Portraits who helped get this clueless newbie oriented to web-based genealogy research when I first got online two years ago. It was through her (seemingly) limitless patience, abundant information and choice referrals that I initially made contact with many of you and was inspired to begin "collecting" the entire Jesse Self branch rather than just my own direct lineage. Second on this page, but not in esteem, is Dan McCarthy of the Self Family Newsletter. Since long before comupters were thought of for genealogical uses (and still for those who are not yet online, a vast majority of the population), SFN has been the funadmental clearinghouse for gathering and distributing information on our Self families. Dan's pugnatious wit, wisdom and encouragement keep me hoping that one day we will grope our way out of the "black hole" of early 18th-century North Carolina. Anyone who does not avail themselves of the assistance of both these remarkable people is that much the poorer -- in friendship and in information. Thanks again to all of you. God Bless, Bryce