Dear Listers, We've done it! With the latest submissions, we have gone beyond the 22,000 names submitted mark. That's quite a database of interests in Yorkshire genealogy and obviously reflects the growing interest in Yorkshire family history. For the many newcomers, here is a brief outline of just what the YKS Surname List is. It is a totally free, voluntary database of surnames in Yorkshire. Submitters post their interests and other researchers can contact them directly. What you do, is go to the YKS Home Page at the URL given below with my signature. You will see an Index page with groups of letters. Click on the group of letters that might contain the surname you are interested in. You will then be taken to a sub-index page. Use your Find tool to see who else is interested in that surname. To contact a submitter, click on EMAIL and you will get a pop-up that you can use. We do not post the exact email address on the index so as to protect submitters from email harvesters. (The exact email does appear on the pop-up.) Each submitter is responsible for informing me of changes in his/her email address. There is no form for this, so you have to send me your OLD email address, together with your NEW one. Don't bother with the list of names, I don't need that information. This is important, because when I am informed of a bouncing email, I erase all submissions with that email. Here is a list of the latest deletions: Rosie Fearnley (20) rosie@fearnley2000.freeserve.co.uk Linda Reid (4) lreid@interlog.com Heather Ward (2) heather@heatherseggs.co.uk Victoria Bentley (4) vikibentley@rslnet.net Diane Dunn Lentz (2) pa_history_buff@cox.net Don Cawthra (1) doncawthra@breathemail.net Julie Whitelaw (3) bjs.whitelaw@bigpond.com Gwyneth Justice (1) gwyneth@rivelin.freeserve.co.uk If you want to submit one or more surnames, please click on the link that you will find on the main Index Page. Read the instructions carefully, please. I'd rather you used the form, to ensure that I don't make any mistakes in entering your information. However, some servers will not accept the form and you will have to send me the information manually. Please read those instructions carefully. The YKS Surnames List is regularly updated by me, when I post the list of new submissions. The number in parenthesis indicates that a given surname has been submitted by 2 or more different people. Happy hunting everyone! Magdalena LIST OF NEW SURNAME SUBMISSIONS: ACOMB, ATKINSON, AUTON BACKHOUSE, BARKER, BLACKBURN, BOUCHER, BROWN BULMER CALVERT, CAWTHRA, CORNEY DAWSON ELLERKER FITCH, FRYER GILL, GLEDHILL, GREENMAN HAWCROFT, HILDRETH, HOLMES, HORN KACERGIS LEAMAN, LUMLEY, LUMLEY-HOLMES MOORE, MORTON PERKINS RAYNER SIMPSON(2), SIMPTON, SNOWDEN/SNADEN, STEAD, STEPHENSON SUELTON TAYLOR, THOMPSON, TYAS VER(R)ITY WALL, WILKINSON -- For all communications, please use: YKSsurnames@yahoo.com THE SURNAMES INDEX CAN BE FOUND AT THE YKS SURNAMES LIST HOME PAGE. PLEASE GO TO: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/YKSlist/yks.htm