"The International Internet Genealogical Society is pleased to announce the opening of the IIGS web site and the publication of the first monthly newsletter. IIGS was started just one month ago. On May 16, 1997 Dr. Brian Leverich issued the statement that resulted in the formation of the "International Internet Genealogical Society." Visit our web site at http://www.iigs.org/ . IIGS IRC hosted at Rootsweb Also announcing the IIGS IRC service, the IIGS's first tool for genealogists, hosted by Rootsweb. Set up exclusively for genealogy, the IIGS IRC is open 24 hours per day so genealogists around the world can meet. Brand new, do not despair if there don't seem to be many people online, stay for a while, or try again later. To access this service,direct your IRC client to irc.IIGS.org, or irc.rootsweb.com, port 6667. For help with using the IIGS IRC service email Graham Hart graham_hart@ibm.net, Wendy Garner scooby@marsweb.com, Laura Cook <orphans1@mc.net> or Holly Fee-Timm <hollyft@bright.net. After the success of our meetings last weekend, the start of regular IIGS meetings on IRC, we have adjusted the times of our three meetiings to accommodate the various time zones. All are welcome to attend any or all of them. Meetings will be held on the IIGS IRC server on the channel #IIGS-meet, at the following times: GMT --- Sat 20:00 Sun 01:00 Sun 11:00 UK -- Sat 21:00 Sun 02:00 Sun 12:00 CET -- Sat 22:00 Sun 03:00 Sun 13:00 US East Coast ------------- Sat 16:00 Sat 21:00 Sun 07:00 US West Coast ------------- Sat 13:00 Sat 18:00 Sun 04:00 Ausstralia --------- Sun 06:00 Sun 11:00 Sun 21:00 Camilla .......................................................... Camilla von Massenbach IIGS Member camilla@algroup.co.uk http://www.iigs.org/ http://www.links.org/surnames.htm --------------------------------------------- URL: http://www.links.org/surnames.htm