Stella Stanger wrote: > Hi, This site - appears - fairly new - so we should not expect - > to find much information - to date. Doesn't really look like a site > - that would have our Genealogy Research Interests - available - > seems more -of a social page - with more current announcements It doesn't have to just be current announcements. That's not the sole intent of the site. It is a new site and as such needs more people to input their family information. I was forwarded an announcement last night about the site and the owner of it is someone I think a good many people will already know, just do a search of Rootsweb for "familynotices", setting the year for 2010 <G> This is a part of the mail (note the third and fourth paras which I've emphasised): <quote> So I created FamilyNotices.org - which is an on-line repository for all notices of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Engagements, Anniversaries and Missing Persons. This has the advantage of being world-wide, unlike the 'local rag' and better still - is free. *Genealogists won't find it very useful for some time, until some numbers of posting have been made, but it has to start somewhere. I suspect there may be teething problems, but.....* *Please feel free to help yourself and post anything which is relevant and appropriate - and it doesn't have to be current. Details of 'Auntie Millie born in 1896' is just as relevant as a modern-day wedding notice.* If you like it, please tell your friends .........& if you don't just tell me! </quote> > You can place an obituary here, or even store > <http://www.familynotices.org/write_your_own_obituary.php>your own > for future release! This could be useful as it would mean you'd be able to include things you thought were important and something that could be added to, if your children or other family members wished. A bit mawkish perhaps but no worse than a cousin did when he buried his wife (she had died first!). He had his name and date of birth engraved on the headstone along with her details so there's just his date of death to be added! -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk