Can you tell me where and what are the connections between the Blackburn and Collins families you mention ? My mother was Alice Edith Collins, and my father William John Blackburn Jr,(whose ancestry is IRL>PA>CA). Probably just a coincidence, but I though I'd check it out. Bill Blackburn Mt. Shasta, CA [email protected] wrote: > Collins Listers, > > Many of you are aware of the <A HREF="http://members.xoom.com/Appalachian/">A > ppalachian Mountain Families</A> website. It was put together two years ago > by William Martin, Frankie Blackburn and myself. When we first started this > project we had no idea it would take off the way it did but in two years we > have had over 20,000 visitors to the site and the email list we started at > Onelist has over 400 members. We have decided to move this site to Rootsweb > and this will be done by April 1, 2000. > > In the process of the move the site will go through some updating and one > project we are trying to put together is a database of Appalachain Families > that can be searched and shared by all. William Martin is doing all the work. > All he is asking is that GEDCOMs be sent to him by March 30 for anybody > wanting to take part. Since COLLINS is Frankie and my main lines I wanted to > offer the folks on this list the opportunity to also take part also. If > somebody doesn't know how to put together a GEDCOM I can forward directions > put together by William for several computer programs. In respect to those > still living that doesn't want the information made public we are asking that > those be taken out. With most programs that is a click of the mouse. > > For those that want to send Gedcoms send to: > William Martin at [email protected] > > We are also excepting articles, stories for memories section, records & > documents, > cemetery lists, bible entries, etc. These should be done in regular text > format (I use wordpad) > > Our goal has always been to make available FREE information for those that > cannot travel to the places needing research. Sharing that we all might take > part in sorting our families out. That little tibbit of paper on your desk > just might be the information that a lady across the country needs to break > down her brickwall. Everybody can take part even if you are a beginner or an > old time genealogist. I hope we will hear from you. > > Frankie Blackburn [email protected] > Brenda Dillon [email protected] or [email protected] > William Martin [email protected] or [email protected] > > http://members.xoom.com/Appalachian/ > http://members.xoom.com/ BJ_Dillon/Appalachiack.htm > http://members.xoom.com/BJ_Dillon/Fort_Christianna.htm > > ==== COLLINS Mailing List ==== > Did you know that only 7% of Rootsweb subscribers support Rootsweb? > Thank you for your generous financial support of Rootsweb! > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html