The 20-page AOAGS newsletter "Austins of America" will be mailed out soon. This issue concludes the Austins in the 1850 Federal Census for Michigan, continues the Descendants of Edward Horton Austin, the Descendants of Henry & Elizabeth Austin, and reports on the launching of the USS Oscar Austin Aegis destroyer, named for only one of two Austins ever to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. The excellent issue also reports on Society projects, plus many member Queries, and details of our upcoming 1999 National Austin Convention to be held in Washington DC on 6-7-8 August 1999. If you are not already an AOAGS member, you still have time to join and receive this informative "Austins of America" issue. Dues are still only $9.00 per year or $17 for two years, mailed to: AOAGS, 23 Allen Farm Lane, Concord, MA 01742. Check out the AOAGS web page: http://www.AOAGS.org