Here goes--- My name is on my signature line and I have been on this list since late spring. My mother was born in Dyas, Georgia, attended the school at Culloden, and graduated from Mary Persons High School in 1942. Her name was Margaret Louise O'NEAL and she was the 8th child of 10 belonging to Grady and Josie HARBUCK O'NEAL. I began "genning" in November of 1998 and have met many new friends, cousins, and wonderful helpers along the way. I am responsible for coming up with ideas that will stimulate activity on this list, and I welcome ideas from you as well. My surnames for research in Monroe CO are: O'NEAL (any variation) HARBUCK ANDREWS WRIGHT LINDSEY RICKENBECKER (SP?) BARNES BOWDOIN MACKEY SMITH CHILDS/CHILES McELROY (some of these lines lived in Crawford and Upson Counties, too.) Currently, I am searching for information about the CHILDS family who may have been living here in the late 1800s. I have marriage info that says that Lizzie CHILDS married Cason SHERWOOD in Dec. 1895 in Monroe CO. I have no records, and very few leads to who her parents were, and where they lived. The SHERWOODS lived in the northern part of Bibb CO between Monroe and Jones counties. There were some CHILDS in Jones CO at this time as well. Lizzie's name on her tombstone reads Sarah Elizabeth Chiles Sherwood (d. 1907). She is buried at Riverside cemetery. No obituary, or leading info was available from the cemetery office. For all beginners, I recommend RootsWeb. They can meet just about any computer need or genealogy need you may have in some way...even if it is a referral to some one or some place. Whenever you have time to so, take a browse...there's something new daily... Jennifer Sherwood Braswell jensgen@iol10.com