Hi all! This is just a reminder about an email I sent earlier about the new chat rooms that are online for anyone to come to (and not just AOL anymore!). Particularly, I'm sending an email about the different southern chats we have. There is a general Southern US genealogy chat that covers VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, TN, KY, MS, etc. (basically any state from VA on down). These chats occur a couple of times throughout the week. One is held on Monday afternoons from 2-3pm EST (1-2 CST, 12-1 MST, 11-12 PST) in the room "Brick Walls", The other is held Saturday nights from 9-10 pm EST (8-9 CST, 7-8 MST, 6-7 PST) in the room "Skeleton Closet". There are also chats for specific states (and not just the south!). Chats of interest to my surname lists are as follows: NC/SC on Monday nights from 7-9pm EST in "Brick Walls",IL/IN/IA on Tuess. nights 9-10pm EST in "Brick Walls", VA/WV on Wed. nights from 7-8pm EST in "Brick Walls", KY on Wed. nights from 8-9pm EST in "Brick Walls", PA on Thurs. nights 9-10pm EST AND Fri. nights 10-11pm EST both in "Brick Walls", CT/MA on Fri. nights 8-9pm EST in "Brick Walls", MA/RI on Sunday nights 10-11pm EST in "Brick Walls". To see a full schedule of all chats and the rooms they are in, go to http://www.genealogyforum.org This is a great site, but not a lot of people yet. Come check us out. I don't work for this group or anything, but there almost every night I can make it, especially the Southern, IL/IN/IA, and NC/SC chats. This site has so much potential to be a great place for genealogists to connect, we all just need to go there :o) hehe. AOL does still have their chat rooms as well, now located in the "Parenting" section, but these rooms can be accessed by anyone with internet access. Hope to see you there. The screen names I go by on there are either "Erin" "eabradfo" or "LibraryBookNCSU". Good luck everyone with your search and hope people are digging up lots of new cousins! Erin ===== Erin Bradford eabradfo@yahoo.com http://www.usgennet.org/usa/nc/county/cabarrus/ http://www.usgennet.org/usa/nc/county/mecklenburg/ ALHN County Coordinator for Cabarrus and Mecklenburg Cos, NC http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~kshai (The Genealogy Depository) Listowner Barringer Black Bradford Coventry Eller Hackett Hupp and Kern