This list looked really handy to have on hand while our list traffic is down for the holidays. When you have an extra minute online, use a search engine you've never used before! Successes related to our list surname are *always* on topic! -- Valorie o SEARCH ROOTSWEB DATABASES. If you have not used RootsWeb's numerous search engines recently, you will be pleasantly surprised by the large amount of new material that will turn up. (Be patient, we are working on a site-wide search engine.) Below is a list of the major search facilities at RootsWeb that should help you in your explorations. There are many resources on RootsWeb not included in these searches. The fragmented nature of the various search facilities is explained by the fact that RootsWeb consists of many different genealogy projects that have developed independently since 1987. GenConnect Message Board Search (message boards) <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi?search> GenSeeker (Web sites on RootsWeb) <http://seeker.rootsweb.com/search.html> Immigrant Transcribers Guild Search (ship arrival records) <http://istg.rootsweb.com/> Mailing List Finder Search (mailing lists) <http://lists.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/findlist.pl> Mailing List Interactive Search (mailing list archives) <http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl> Miscellaneous Database Searches (various state and newsgroup related databases) <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/searches/> Obituary Daily Times Search (obituaries) <http://obits.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi> Free Birth, Marriage and Death Index Search (England and Wales) <http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl> Roots-L Files Search (various topic and state related files) http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/> Roots-L Mailing List Archive Search (mailing list archives) <http://searches.rootsweb.com/roots-l.html> RootsLink Search (genealogy links) <http://resources.rootsweb.com/~rootslink/search.html> Roots Location List Search (researchers by location) <http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/Genea/rll> RootsWeb Surname Helper (surname registries and message boards) <http://surhelp.rootsweb.com/srchall.html> RootsWeb Surname List (surname researchers) <http://rsl.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/rslsql.cgi#search> Social Security Death Index Search (government supplied database) <http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi> Threaded Mailing List Archives Search (mailing lists) <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/> USGenWeb Archives Search (large variety of material, including Census records) <http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm> USGenWeb Project Search (USGenWeb Web sites) <http://searches.rootsweb.com/htdig/search.html> U.S. Town and Country Database Search (location research) <http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi> WorldConnect GEDCOM Search (GEDCOMs) <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi> ---- Written by Robert R. Tillman. Previously published by RootsWeb.com, Inc., RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Genealogy News, Vol. 2, No. 51, 22 December 1999. RootsWeb: <http://www.rootsweb.com>