I hope you are all recovering nicely from the holiday and Santa brought you all your heart desired and your pocketbook could support. We had a nice Christmas here in snowy New Mexico, all are safe and reasonably well. Can't ask for more than that! I would like to take just a moment to encourage all of you who enjoy this, or any of the RootsWeb offerings, to consider making even a small donation to the genealogy cause. As with all good things, books, cds, microfilm, whatever, the equipment and bandwidth used by RootsWeb cost money and someone has to cough it up. We are never charged a fee for using these services so it is up to us, on a stictly volunteer basis, to help make it all happen. If you are interested, and are in a position to make even a small donation, please visit their web site for instructions: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html Thanks for allowing me this 'commercial', they will not happen very often, promise! If anyone has comments or needs more information, please email me privately. I do want to comment that we have to have one of the best lists, even tho not very active, because we have survived to date without the petty comments and 'flaming' that is so irritating on a number of the ones I belong to personally. Thanks for all of your support, you are all greatly appreciated. As we are entering a new year, please don't hesitate to repost your own data, queries, or share new web pages with us. We are growing and changing so let's keep our information cycling. Thanks! Joyce