Hi all I'm sticking my neck out again. Since 1994 I have been publishing a little rag called "Genetree", every four months which is mainly for my relatives who are scattered across the globe. Approx 80 copies go out. Copies are in the State Library of Victoria, La Trobe section; the A.N. Palmer Centre, Wrexham; and an odd copy in the Oswestry library. Though now I have decided to only publish when I feel like it, which means probably only two editions per year. Generally, there are articles for Clwyd and Shropshire, though one has to squeeze in others. I thought it might be of interest to anyone who was planning a family history newsletter for their relatives to have a look and see what I have done over these years, so, anyone who wishes to have a PDF copy of the August 2006 edition, let me know and I'll send it off list. It is a fairly large file, well over 3000k, so would take a very long time to down-load if you only have dial-up. Think about four minutes or less on broadband. Printing and mailing a publication such as this can become fairly expensive for the family historian, so unless you have adequate means and production facilities, think twice about it. I have been surviving these years with an old desk-top publishing programme and a photocopier at home, but recently the addition of a new publishing programme and a laser printer has improved quality. Overall, I have gained a great deal of satisfaction (even though it keeps me poor) in doing this for my relatives and indeed leaving something behind me in libraries when I eventually slide off this bountiful earth. the serial "Nearer am I to Home," which commenced with my grandparents returning from New Zealand to Australia into the 1893 depression continues on. I hope, one day, to put it all into book form. At this stage, after 21 chapters, I am still only up to 1918 in time-line. History is larger than all of us. Cheers Graham