Dear Cousins: Recently I received information on the Establishment of the Bottom/Bottoms Family Association depository Lists serviced by Genweb and housed at Rootsweb. Bill Bottoms who manages the Bottoms home page initiated the Boards. The purpose is to categorize the information that YOU contribute for others to see. Its called sharing. Although I do not know who ultimately owns the information placed there, It is free for all to see, copy and use. No strings attached, that is to say, its in the public domain. I believe that if each of us will just cut, copy and paste information we already have it will be a benefit to all of us and even to those who might be interested later. Additionally This will help Bill in that he will not have to maintain all the categories information. For some reason Bill's messages to me have been rejected by my IP and My messages to Bill have been rejected by his IP. I guess we will have to go get a free Email acct some where so that we can communicate. I do not know what the problem is but it appears to be consistent. The following URL will help lead you to the Family Association Lists of Not only the Bottoms but to any that exist of other Surnames. I figure the URL to the Index is better than the direct URL to Bottoms. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/indx/FamAssoc.html Happy Bottom hunting Jim.