Hello List listners... http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialucas/Main.htm I have made several additions to the county page. 1 new section is called "Shout Outs" it is a section giving credit to those speacial people who have continued to be a major factor in the county website. Without these people there would be much less on the site for all of us to research. Please remember though, even the smallest contribution is greatly needed and appreciated. It is the vast number of contributions that make the site as great as it is, and will be with the continuing information being submitted by everyone. So please, if you have anything to be added. By all means send and let us all enjoy in the information. 1 ) Major thank you to Nancee Seifert, for her continuing article transcriptions. Adding details about the lives of our ancestors is incredile. Proving they had lives and were mutch more then a name and date in a family file. There is now 1,200 articles about transcribed by Nancee. Being selfish as i am, i hope she never stops adding to it : ) 2 ) Debora Stanley, a thank you as well for reposting these articles on various forum boards. Many people still don't know about mailing lists, and when they find these articles reposted on various proper boards. The find there way to Lucas County, and find those relatives they are looking for. 3 ) Mary Beth, thank you incredibly for your kindness in posting family lines for those who ask a question on a name and in return get a huge amount og ninformation. More then once have you completly shocked me by sending me a lot of info i did not have, and am sure goes the same for everyone else you have helped. 4 ) Frank Myers, for his contributions on Lucas County and his vast knowledge of the county and it's people. Frank has been busy for a while now with projects. We all hope he returns to GENEALOGY soon as his e-mails with his contributions to the list/site are missed. 5 ) Gary Tharp, for his contributions to the list and site. Gary has several projects for the site he is deeply involved in. He has just finished an update to the POSTCARDS section. This new update i will be adding in a short time. Will contain details about the postcards. Giving much more then just a name and place of picture on postcard, but actual details involved within the picture. He is also working on several Lucas county family lines, and is the 1 in charge of the fantastic Alumni Lists of the Schools in Lucas County. That is his pet project and continues to update it constantly. Always a pleasure in future dates when updates will be made to the file. 1 ) Surnames have been updated and added. 2 ) The Site has had a few minor cosmetic changes. More in future to follow. 3 ) There has been family photos added, WOODRUFF and also LONEY, so if your connected. Have a glance and see them. 4 ) Mary Beth has provided a great deal of cemetery information. This project is slow but onging. Having alot of difficulty keeping away from copyright issues, so is taking some time to rewrite. When this is finished, it will give detailed directions to the cemeteries and a vast info about the cemetery. 5 ) More family photos of the Douglass family are being linked to the site. Don't forget about all the unknown photos, and also the photos listed on front page. many contain unknown individuals. Have a look, you might just see a relative. Comments and sugestions are always welcome. The site only grows when everyone contributes something. Please enjoy your researching on the pages of Lucas Co., Iowa. sincerly David CC for Lucas Co., Iowa GenWeb Project. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialucas/Main.htm