Great News for Genealogy Studies in The United Kingdom http://www.county-surnames.co.uk/index.mv The UK Surnames Web site is a Facility for exchanging family history data. The site currently has in excess of 33000 names listed from nearly 6000 contributors and is growing daily. Advantages of this Surnames Listing site over other Surname Listing Sites: 1. All updates are live - no waiting for the site administrator to get round to updating it. 2. Contributors are able to completely manage their own entries. 3. The Whole of the UK on one site - no need to manage entries on multiple lists, it is all in one place and easily grouped by county and region. 4. All email addresses are hidden. Spammers find it extremely difficult to "farm" email addresses from this site. Your email address is secure, and will not be given or sold to any other party. 5. Search for exact match over entire country, or partial match for individual counties. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Please note that part of the site facilities are only available to subscribers, however ALL The County Surname Lists are available and fully functional FREE OF Charge. The additional features available to subscribers are enhanced search and ease of use facilities, and the primary purpose is to help finance the site whilst still offering the full functionality of the site to remain free for all - This is the case now and will always remain so - IT IS NOT MY INTENTION TO EVER REMOVE THE FREE DATABASES either for contributors, or browsers. Malcolm Hills