Don, WE, I mean me - just started this HOOKER list in the middle of last year. we have 75 members or so, but they don't talk much. I created a supporting web site in hopes that people would take a look at it and get in to trading cousins with each other. see <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/bigtruffel/hooker.html">Hooker Families</A> It is hard for me to tell whether to stimulate more activity or not becasue if I do then some people just jump off the list (as you saw) so I kind of just let it go along. I am hoping it will grow into a critical mass this year. I get notified about new members and we pick up about one a week. I tell them about the web page in hopes that they will find someone on it reseraching the same family. The newbies should be sure to post to the rest off us telling us which line they are working on. My problem is that I have tons of stuff back into the 1600's for all my father's family except the one little branch of Robert Hooker born 1784 in TN. That is one reason I decided to start this list to see if I could trip across someone who could connect me up. I have seen some promising discussion of the NC Hooker family. I know the other big Hooker family started in Connecticut. On my other lists that I manage (ANDERSON and SANDUSKY) I have lots of stuff to give other people and do it all the time, but for HOOKER i don't have a lot in my computer to stir up action of the list with it. if you have any ideas for good stuff to post to the list I am open to suggestions. I think good posts are things like the early wills and deeds that prove the connections in the early Hooker families. So if you have any of that kind of stuff on your computer feel free to post it.. All the posts to the list go into the list archives searchable at <A HREF="http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl">RootsWeb Mailing Lists -- Interactive Search</A> and so nothing goes to waste someone else may find it useful later. It is always a pleasant surprise even to the people who think they know the details of their family to see a transcript of a document that provides the proof they should have on file. I have some of the early carolina wills on the web page. Patrick Anderson (grandson of Amy Hooker) list manager <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/patander73/home.html">Home Page for PatAnder73</A>