Good Morning, Cousins & Friends: This Rootsweb mailing list has been in operation for just over a week and we already have 42 subscribers. Think of the time, effort and postage we can save by contacting 42 people with a single message! As Martha Stewart would say, "It's a GOOD thing!" It will be interesting to see how our list grows in the weeks to come. I will keep you posted as to our numbers, and I hope you will all keep us posted as to your results. Yesterday, I went to the Newberry Library in Chicago to do research, and I found a series of three books, listing deaths in Arkansas between 1914 and 1940. They provide names, counties and dates of death, and include a form for sending for death certificates. The Books are titled "Arkansas Death Record Index, 1914-1923" - "Arkansas Death Record Index 1924-1933" and "Arkansas Death Record Index 1934-1940." All three were compiled by Desmond Walls Allen and published by Arkansas Research, P. O. Box 303, Conway, AR 72033 in 1996-1997. I found about 50 Barger entries, and many listings of related persons with other surnames. This set of books would be an asset to any library's genealogical collection. You might want to talk to your local librarian and suggest acquiring these books, or better yet, donate them to your favorite research facility. I am not familiar with the publisher, but I am going to contact them to see what other books thay have which would be of interest to genealogists. If any of you discover good resources which may be regional in nature, and not likely to be widly distributed out of your area, won't you please pass the information on to the rest of us? It would be greatly appreciated. Susan Barger Donahue Barger Family History Society 411 E. Roosevelt Road Wheaton, IL 60187-5564 Suzid@tripod.net