Hello all, Maybe it is the weather beginning to change, maybe it is the days getting shorter, but I am beginning to think of Winter kinds of activites... I think I have mentioned this before, but I just took a look and we aren't using them, so I am gonna PLUG UM again! WE have available to us a whole suite of GenConnect Boards ... These boards allow any of you to easily put data on the web without knowing html or any of that stuff. It is as easy as typing an email! You know how we all accumulate PILES of paper as we research? I am sure that you, like me, have accumulated copies of Bible Records, Deeds, Obits, Pensions and Wills that are authentic "family" documents but which may or may not turn out to relate to your specific lines. If you take those docs and type them onto the appropriate GenConnect Boards, they will be there for the person who does need them! And, that person can contact you and you can even send it to them if you want... The best part of all is that whatever you post will get indexed automatically by Rootsweb so whenever anyone does a search on KIRWIN/AN, they will be directed to our Boards! By helping others, we help ourselves! If you haven't fiddled with these resources yet, here is the "front door" (just type in the surname of your choice...) <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/indx/FamAssoc.html> If you want to see an example where folks are uploading data and it is working well, check out <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/m/a/MATLOCK/wills> To see the index, get yourself to a page, then click on the "Surname List" link - note how the index picks up ALL the various kinds of records pertinent to this surname! Soooooooo, here is a way you can clean out your piles WITHOUT guilt!!! The links to the KIRWIN spelling are are below, if the document you have uses a spelling variation, use the FamAssoc.html address above to get to the board, put it where you think it belongs, it will all get indexed! http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/i/KIRWIN/queries http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/i/KIRWIN/bible_records http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/i/KIRWIN/biographies http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/i/KIRWIN/deeds http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/i/KIRWIN/obituaries http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/i/KIRWIN/pensions http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/i/KIRWIN/wills I will try to begin putting stuff up as time permits myself... hope to see this resource grow! Jana