At this time I feel it necessary to provide everyone on the list with a few notes on *this* Kentuckiana area: I have one family (Borden) who were found in both Harrison and Clark in the same year. I have another (Lyon) who had children in all of the following counties: Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Clark, Meade, Hardin, Washington. I had another family (Brown) who had children in all of the following counties: Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Lawrence, Perry, Scott and Washington. I know of another family (Smith, unfortunately not the direct line I'm looking for) who were in every county covered by Kentuckiana, including the two new additions. I know of countless others who were found one year in one county and the next year in the next county over...sometimes they had moved...alot of times they hadn't. This area experienced alot of change (as I know other areas did)...but most of the time the families remained in *this* general area. Sometimes they came through Cincy, sometimes they were just passing through before settling in Evansville....most of the time they, or a "branch" of their family, settled in *this* Kentuckiana area. I'm not going to *ever* include the Evansville area or the far east Indiana-Kentucky border. I will never extend my self that far, because that is not why this site, or this mailing list were started. Families in this area are sometimes very difficult to trace simply because they moved a county or two over (sometimes they hadn't moved, the county line did).....*that* is why I made this site and this mailing list. If I must begin to include other areas that families came from, or moved to....then I better get busy on my Ohio research (Borden family came through Highland Co., OH), also, Virginia, oh my...I'm going to be very busy....not to mention Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota....but wait! Doesn't the USGenWeb cover all of these areas? And if there is an area in any of those states that's s imilar to *this* Kentuckiana...couldn't someone else start a site and mailing list just as easily as I did.... of course! And I'm not driving to Virginia any time soon to obtain records! If I receive any more flames (off the list is all I have received so far...but that's beside the point) I will remove the ones flaming from the list and request that they do not visit us again. I won't mention names..but I'm tired of people telling me that I'm "stupid" for not including the entire southern half of Indiana. Or someone saying that I might as well "close-up shop" if I don't add more counties in the southern part of Indiana. (the previous two people have been removed....no warning, their remarks were totally uncalled for) I am always looking for ways to improve the site....and alot of you know I accept constructive criticism very well, and many times I have taken the suggestions of others and changed my site (most recently, the addition of Jefferson Co., IN and Bullitt Co., KY).....But when I have to listen to name calling...that's going too far...I don't *have* to hear it. Sorry this has been so long everyone...and thanks to all of you who responded to my most recent e-mail. There is no need for anyone to respond to this e-mail...I've said my piece... let's get back to *this* Kentuckiana research! :-) (All this over a name! LOL) Thanks, Dee Listowner for KENTUCKIANA-L Kentuckiana Genealogy http://www.aye.net/~dee1234/