No new members this week. Your list hosts noticed a 'blanket' single surname request posted earlier this week. This type of post is often counter productive, and we DO NOT encourage subscribers to resort to this method. If one has not had any luck with a detailed request to this list, please remember that this is only a small geographical area list with an equally small (but loyal) group of subscribers, so a better response may be obtained from the specific surname list (but NOT if the same 'blanket' approach is used). As always, if you haven't already contributed, we hope to hear from you soon - the notes below may help ... ****** ****** ****** Apart from requests for the odd look up, or to see if anyone else is researching the same family, there are numerous topics - directly related to family history and the islands which make up pre 1974 Buteshire - which are open to List discussion. Topics such as civil registration & parish registers (or lack of - either/both registers and registration), non conformist churches (and their records), apprenticeships, how census were conducted, why some Buteshire towns/villages/farms prospered (or not), modes of travel , militia/ naval service, activities around the Islands i.e on the water, naming conventions, etc, etc, etc.- the possibilities are almost endless. These topics will be of interest to many Listers, as they help to add meat to the bare bones of names & dates. ****** ****** ****** Feel free to join in and present your own items. Peter Cook cookfmly@bigpond.com List maintainer and Co-host with Barbara < babrown12@optonline.net > of the ButeshireGenWeb mailing list.