Dear Members, Please forgive my delay in formally introducing myself to you (although many of you may already know me from the Vermont-List). I want to let you know how excited I am about becoming the new administrator for the Connecticut River Valley List. Cynthia's shoes will be impossible to fill, but thankfully she is still among us and has promised to continue sharing her vast experience and knowledge. I thought it would be a good time to give a status report on the membership of the list. As of this evening, there are 248 subscribers to CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L and 118 subscribers to CT-RIVER-VALLEY-D, for a total of 366 members. So, as you can see, we have a great membership base. However, we must remember that this list, or any list, will only be as active and helpful as the participation of the members. This would be a good time to let the other members of the list know something about our Connecticut River Valley connections, what information we are looking for, and what we can offer to the other members of this list in terms of sharing research and/or resources. NOTE - and this is important: I am not suggesting what is commonly referred to as a "ROLL CALL" On a list this large, that would be a real disaster. So, please do not put "ROLL CALL" in the subject line. I am, however, suggesting that we introduce ourselves to the other list members, and post at least one inquiry in regard to the research we are doing. This will be much more productive than just sending a list of surnames to the list - and you can send as many different queries as you like. So, if you have posted inquiries to the list, and still don't have the answers you are seeking, take this opportunity to post them again. VERY IMPORTANT and helpful to all of us: Please let your fellow list members know if you have resource material you can share and if you are willing to do some "lookups" [be sure to set YOUR guidelines for the information you require in order to do the lookups]. On another note - soon I will be adding a new section to the Vermont-L Web Site, which will be devoted to include the Connecticut River Valley sections of the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. I will go into the details of this later. If you are not familiar with the Vermont-L Web Site, you can visit it at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/VERMONTGATEWAY.html Best wishes, Karima CT-RIVER-VALLEY List Administrator List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/CTRiverValleyWelcome.html