Hi folks, Well, just wanted to write and thank everyone for joining the Barton list! We are over 250 strong today (264 to be exact) and I'm thrilled to have all of you. Since there are so many of us, I suggest we all try posting our lines again to see if anyone else out there may connect. I'll start it off by posting mine a little later today. Rootsweb has recently introduced a new set of web pages to help make life easier on those who use their sites. They are called the "Surname Resource" pages and the Barton one is located at: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/a/Barton/ I invite everyone to check the page out as it is a great place to jump off from in search of Barton information. The page includes search engines for the master surname list, transcription projects like the ship transcribers guild, Genweb archives and other records, and an archive search engine for this list. For those who haven't heard, the LDS church has made part of their genealogical databases internet capable. Many many people started their research at the local LDS library, and now you can do it from your own home. To log on to the LDS site, go to http://www.familysearch.org Also, I am in the process of updating the web pages for the list and welcome your comments, suggestions, links and/or queries to add. If you haven't visited the page, please do at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cbrogan/barton.html If there is something there you don't like, now is the time to speak up! :) One of the big changes that will be taking place is that I will be moving the guestbook from an outside host to a local site. This will cut down on lag time between. Also, if there are those out there on list who either don't know how or haven't the time but would like to have their lines of research posted to the internet, please contact me and I'll be glad to help. The more we can share with others, the more others will share with us :) Again, thank all of you for being members of the Barton mailing list, and good luck in your searches! Christi Calvert Brogan Proud Rootsweb Donor Visit our list pages at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cbrogan Visit our personal homepage at http://users.idworld.net/brogan