Hi Folks, Just thought I should let you know that one of our members - Lorraine Phelan has been VERY busy, as have some other generous contributors and the Geelong and District Consolidated Book Index now has ........... 81,045 entries!!!!!!!! So even if you've checked before, you might find it worthwhile checking again at ... http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdbksrc1.asp You might also like to look at the list of books that have already been indexed, those that are "in progress" and those waiting to be "adopted" at .......... http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdbkind.htm And if you are aware of any books that you think would be a good addition to the list to be indexed, please let me know full details - Title, author, publisher, date etc. - so I can add it to the list to be "adopted". And of course, if you'd like to contribute more to this terrific project by doing some indexing, have a look at ........ http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdbooks.htm to see how easy it can be! Have fun searching for your names - remember less is best when searching - i.e. if you were searching for CORBETT, then look for CORBET which will also pick up the CORBETTs for you. And of course it's not just people's names in the index - place names, ships, general subjects (I ALWAYS include onions and potatoes when I'm indexing books on the Bellarine Peninsula because it was such an important aspect of our farming region - if you don't believe me, just search for onion! <vbg>). Anyway, enjoy and many thanks to Lorraine, Pam and other contributors to this project. Regards ....... Susie Z