Hello, My name is Terri Rene DaVar-Howard and my homepage (shared with my husband Brian, enough about him! <g>) is located at <http://www.macatawa.org/~brianter/index.html>. We have been "collecting" our joint genealogies for about 4 or 5 years now. In the process we have found wonderful data about not only our own family but also some which may or may not be connected to our ancestors. Others have been kind enough to share their research and gedcoms with us, so we have a database of about 15000 individuals. We were fortunate to be able to place our database onto Pam Carey-Durp's Genealogy Search Engine <http://w3.one.net/~durp/database/Darland/Darland-surname.htm> but there are some errors which need to be corrected. I am in the process of ATTEMPTING to identify those errors and make the necessary changes. Recipients of this letter are welcome to search the current on-line database to see if we have surnames (ancestors even?) in common. If we do, then you are welcome to send me a gedcom about those common surnames / families for incorporation into my database. I use Family Tree Maker, which has a curious function: your name will become the source for all data coming from your gedcom. You are also welcome to point-out any errors you find in the database, so that I might make the necessary changes. Also, if you find information for which you believe * you * are the source, please DO let me know (I have not always been good about documenting my sources, something I'm trying to remedy). With some luck, some hard work, some consideration from bubba-da-barbarian (aged 2) & The Mashugana (age 8), etc. .... I hope to be able to place a new gedcom at <http://w3.one.net/~durp/search.htm> by the end of May. Did I mention that Tulip Time is in May and Michael a.k.a. The Mashugana is marching in several parades? Well, the TARGET is the end of May 1999. If you have surnames / families in common with ours and would like your information incorporated into our gedcom to assist others in locating you, we'd be glad to "merge" data. Happy Hunting, Terri Rene DaVar-Howard Holland, Michigan My apologies if you received more than one copy of this letter <s>.