( ) .-.,--^--. _ Good Morning Cook Cousins \\| `---' |// Come on in the coffee pot's on \| / _\___/_ Good Morning Family, A big welcome to our new members. Before long you will know everyone and feel comfortable. We are a unique group of people. We cry together and we laugh together, as we are truly one big happy family. The best part about us is the way we help each other. If you are new to the Internet, or new to genealogy, please do ask questions. Someone in this group has an answer to help you. We are all eager to see who your Cook's were so when you are ready, do post them. And were still climbing in numbers. It has been much too long since my last Sunday Morning Coffee and I have to say I have really missed being active on the list! I'm back to my old self now but not without the support you gave me. Thank you again. I will begin by wishing you all health, happiness and success in your ancestral searches. For you newcomers, I am Ellie and your listowner and I serve as the co-ordinator between you and the server L Roots. Our Cook family has grown, on its own, to now international proportions. With that in mind, I felt it was time to launch a new search program that should prove invaluable to us all. We, Americans, are well aware of the difficulties in doing research when our lines cross the "big pond". I am sure that the reverse is also true. Therefore, it appears that a co-operative effort on both sides of the Atlantic could bring surprising and rewarding results. I therefore propose the following search system. Cooks generally come from three main sources....England, Ireland and Germany. If any of you members are living in those three countries and would be interested in doing research for the Cook Discussion Group in your respective country, I would love to hear from you. Also, Cooks have migrated throughout the United States and Canada. I would also like to hear from those of you living in each of the states and provinces who would be willing to do research within your state or province. This research system will work as follows: In addition to the general request for information to the group you will also now have a direct resource to the specific area in which your Cook migrated so that Europeans have direct access to the specific states and provinces in North America and North America will have direct access to Europe. The side advantage is that North America will have direct access to North America and Europe will have direct access to Europe. This has been a very unique and supportive group and I cannot think of any other disucussion group that could even come close to pulling this off, but I do want to give it a shot. If it works this could be the breakthrough that all of us have been looking for. If you haven't been to our Cook Cooke Koch web page, do take a look. This is our web homepage address ... http://members.aol.com/CookCooke Stay sweet and kind just like you are and not change, and I promise not to change also. BG I really enjoyed having coffee with you this morning, it was so nice! ( ) _.-~(~-. (@\`---'/. Ellie (' `._.' `) `-..___..-'