Dear newest members of this board, First of all, welcome! We're always delighted to have new victims, er, I mean, new cousins joining us on this journey of ancestral recovery. I should alert you to the fact, however, that some of our cousins on the board are, (how shall I say it?), a bit daffy. You'll hear them introduce all sorts of odd things like purple boxer shorts, kazoo bands, tin foil on your fingers and the like. Rest assured that I'm present, ready, willing and able to guide you through the tangled tapestry of the Kilgore board to a keener understanding of what it means to be a Kilgore today. Therefore, to help you, please follow these simple rules: 1. Trust only what you read from me. I'm a somber, solid citizen of the Kilgore board who can be counted on to steer you in directions guaranteed to make people notice you. 2. From time to time you'll hear from Allen Atkinson, a wonderful gentleman but a bit creaky in the bones. It is NOT accurate to say that Allen dated Ulysses S. Grant's sister, but he did study in the library with her by candle light. 3. Dd, Donna, Nell, Ora Jane and Hope are not the real names of Kilgore cousins. Each of them are high-stakes bond traders on Wall Street, but they didn't feel like they'd fit into our genealogy world like that, so they've created whole other Internet lives for themselves. We DO believe they are really Kilgores, but the DAR has yet to accept our paperwork acknowledging that. 4. Gail and Jerry, our board patrons, can be semi-trusted. That means everything they say about everything but me is true. There are plenty of other bits of advice I could offer you, but the archives contain much of it, and I invite you to uncover the vast treasures buried there. In addition to a whole lot of genealogy, there's the human side of us as well. Bar none, this is the best place to be on the Internet; the best people, the best info, the best board hosts, and the warmest family unit you'll run across anywhere. Welcome! Mischievously yours, Randy Kilgore www.dashingcharmingintelligentincrediblehunk.com