Hi, If you have any materials, i.e. books, bibles, documents, photos, magazines, newspapers, etc. that you cannot seem to find a home for, please consider donating them to the Echoes of the Past Archive. Our mission statement gives a good indication of what we are all about: MISSION STATEMENT: To provide a facility for the storage, restoration and preservation of original historic and genealogical materials and to make them available to the public for research and documentation. WHAT ARE WE ALL ABOUT? Echoes of the Past is dedicated to contributing a useful service to researchers interested in their family history. Our main focus is on collecting, restoring, preserving, archiving, cataloging and reproducing original materials of historical or genealogical significance. We would like to be viewed as a rescue facility for these types of materials from around the world. We will accept donations of materials, grants, funds, equipment, etc. to benefit the archive and it's clients. We are in the process of obtaining our 501(c)3 non profit status. All donations will be tax deductable pending our status with the IRS. Take a look at our website for more information about us and for samples of our holdings!! The address is http://members.aol.com/echospast/home/home.htm. Thanks, Cheryl Hawley ====================================== Senior GIS Technician Microsoft NT LAN Administrator State Coordinator, Ohio Biographies Project State Coordinator, Virginia Biographies Project State Coordinator, Connecticut Tombstone Project State Coordinator, Indiana Tombstone Project State Coordinator, New York Tombstone Project State Coordinator, Ohio Tombstone Project State Coordinator, Virginia Tombstone Project County Coordinator, Champaign County, Ohio Biographies Project County Coordinator, Erie County, Ohio Biographies Project County Coordinator, Huron County, Ohio Biographies Project County Coordinaor, Patrick County, Virginia Biographies Project County Coordinator, Kosciusko County, Indiana Biographies Project County Coordinator, Kitsap County, Washington GenWeb Page Newsletter Editor, Washington State Genealogical Society President, Echoes of the Past Archive Co-Owner, New Life Enterprises Co-Owner, The Webber Group Home Page: http://members.aol.com/treehistn/home/home.htm "Glad to spend the rest of my life Climbing Trees!!!"