As listowner I receive these monthly updates on our host server for the FERGUS List. But, PLEASE READ THROUGH ENTIRE POST - IMPORTANT NEWS FOR US ALL! =============== ROOTSWEB IN JANUARY -- 85 Million Hits and 154 Million E-mails. Below are the detailed statistics January operations. We reached an important milestone: we've comfortably passed one million page hits per day. o 3,802 independently authored Web sites hosted by RootsWeb o 85,389,232 total Web hits: - 21,695,506 were HTML pages. - 13,857,814 were cgi-bin database searches and such. - 49,591,630 were graphics (GIF, JPEG, etc.). o 1,187,119 file downloads from the USGenWeb Archives and the ROOTS-L Library o 5,846 independently operated mailing lists hosted by RootsWeb o We shipped 154,184,249 pieces of e-mail to our mailing lists. ================= Additionally, we have been approved and accepted to have a FERGUS website at Rootsweb for research, statistics, information which is in the birthing stage. George Baumbach has offered to edit/author some pages. It was at George's suggestion that I found another family page, that of COMBS that he is also connected to, to see if this would be a better alternative than my present personal website. Rootsweb is! Why not take a visit to the COMBS page to see what the possibilities are for FERGUS. Visit: http://www.rootsweb.com/~combs/index.html dedicated to records, as well as family histories. FYI the Combs group is celebrating its second anniversary. They have published nearly 1,000 web pages of data, documents, interpretation, and histories. Approximately 100 members e-mail data to the list and share it with everyone for comment. Collateral families are included, not just the surname Combs. I am not even sure where to begin next, but with George's help we shall move forward. I would welcome any offer of assistance the mechanics of setting up the site - I have NO knowledge of HTML or even much knowledge about computers as I have only been online for 18 months. Please e-mail me privately and let me know if you would be available on your time schedule to help . . . YES, I do need volunteers to help the FERGUS site soar. Each of us has different gifts and I ask each of you to help in whatever way you are able. We seem to be gathering momentum as there are now 42 subscribers to the FERGUS list which began with only two of us, Shirley/Barney FERGUS and me. Jump in! Participate! Yes, I NEED YOUR HELP! Cynthia Russell FERGUS Website http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm FERGUS Newsgroup FERGUS-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl