Hi Folks! I was hoping that I would never have to send this email, but that is not to be the case. I realize there are just as many of you on these lists who have no interest in the website as there are of those who use it regularly. If you're not interested, please just delete. As you know, my site is free and will always remain free to view the information, however this has its drawbacks for me b/c of having to pay the cost of hosting the site. I know that there are other alternative webhosts out there, but of all that I've seen, my current webhost has the best deal that fits my needs more than any other. I have an extra domain available that I have tried to get someone who was going to pay a service to host their site and basically create a partnership where they pay a small portion (and in the end would be cheaper than what they had planned to do in the first place), but at this point, no one has been interested. About a year ago or maybe a little less, I set up an advertising program with google adsense to try and raise the money to pay for the site. It did well at first, but at this point it's not making not much of anything anymore and it's only made $67.63, but the web hosting package I have costs a litle over $100 a year. So this is where I am at now. With over $1,500 in medical bills I'm currently paying in addition to school loans AND tuition to finish school, I just can't afford the site anymore. Now when I started the site, some kind folks had offered to help pay for it, but I didn't think it would ever be necessary. The site is billed on a quarterly basis of $29.95 and the next payment will be coming up very soon and another one at the end of the year. I hate to do it, but I am asking for help to pay for this site so that I can keep it online, keep it free, and keep the copyright protected for those who submit the info (which I couldn't do before due to the commercial nature of my free webhost I had before). If anyone is able to help, there are 2 ways. First is through paypal. If you go to http://www.paypal.com and log in (or create an account and then log in), click on the tab at the top called "send money" then fill out the form with my email eabradfo@yahoo.com and choose "service" for the category of purchase. The second way is to send a check or money order. I prefer paypal because then I can put the money in the account right before it will be taken out of my account so that it won't be spent on anything else accidently. If you prefer to send a check or money order, then contact me off the list and I will be happy to send you my address. Because the archives of the list are public, I don't want to put it on the list. Another way that everyone can help continuously is visit the website (http://www.gendepository.com or http://www.ncalhn.org) and click on the ads as often as you can. Everytime you click on and follow an ad (you don't have to purchase anything), the website earns an average of 12 cents. Every time a search is done in the google box on the main page, the website earns an average of 10 cents. The search box is only on the main page, but the ads are on almost every page. I really hate to ask for help with this, but my finances are dire straits for probably the next year or so until I can get my medical bills paid off. Thanks for all your help and sorry for the inconvenience of anyone who didn't want to waste time reading this. Erin Erin Bradford eabradfo@yahoo.com List manager http://www.ncalhn.org ALHN County Coordinator for multiple NC Counties http://www.gendepository.com (the Genealogy Depository-Barringer, Black, Bradford, Coventry, Eller, Hackett, Hupp, and Kern)