Just a reminder to us all of the importance of POSTING data to the various boards. Why not make it a point to post SOMETHING to a board this weekend .... ? (edited for space) Written by Nancy Trice: Remember that blurb that most of us have put on our pages explaining ... In March and April, 1996, a group of genealogists organized the Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy Database Project. The idea was to provide a single entry point for all counties in Kentucky, where collected databases would be stored. In addition, the databases would be indexed and cross-linked, so that even if an individual were found in more than one county, they could be located in the index. Read that last sentence again. GenConnect has provided the means for all the data to be cross-linked and indexed... not just within a state but internationally, and without having to visit a hundred different sites and use a hundred different search engines. What would any one of you give to sit down at your computer tonight and using the GC global search engine request a search for your illusive ancestor and find the following: 1. His bio on a Ky bio board, where he lived for awhile, linked to 2. His obit on a Tn obit board, where his married dau lived, linked to 3. His death certificate entered on a Tx board where he died while visiting his son, linked to 4. His will and burial information posted to a Va will board because that's where he lived, linked to 5. His birth record posted to one of the England boards, linked to 6. The family bible proving his ancestry, linked to 7. A surname board giving all those links, including a link to 8. His marriage recorded in the North Carolina USGW archives and maybe even a file giving you his mothers ancestry for 3 or 4 generations and who knows what else? ... links that could be making the connection that you yourself have been looking for for the past 25 years. (you may want to consider starting at one of these points ... TR) <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi?search> <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Cochran> <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Darland> <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Dever> <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/VanArsdale> <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mi/Ottawa>