I just purchased an excellent book called "To Our Children's Children, Presrving Family Histories For Generations To Come" by Bob Greene and D.G. Fulford. It is a very user-friendly book that gives you suggestions on how to record your own history and that of your family. When I first heard about the book on the "Today" show, I thought "Who would want to read about my life and what in the world would I write about?" After I began reading the book, I relized that everytday things that may seem trivial to us could be of great interest to future generations. I mean, who among us wouldn't kill to know if Robert Elam had a middle name, where he was born, or even what his hat size was? The book retails for $16.95, but you can get it through Amazon.com for about $12.00. For those of you who have access to the Houston Chronicle's searchable archives (you have to have a subscription to the paper -- they've gotten very uppity about it) there was an article on the same topic in last Sunday's Lifestyle section entitled " For The Record - Historians forr Hire Help Generations Move Ahead by Loooking Back." Because of copyright laws I can't reproduce it here, but I don't think it would be too felonious if anyone wants it for me to send you a copy. Please e-mail me privately at celam@worldnet.att.net if you are interested. Cassie