Hi all, I have accepted (a bit reluctantly - as it is more work...) the Admin position for the Kirwin/Kirwan GenConnect Boards. Because we are still a small online research group, for the time being I am trying to point all research to one same place (i.e., the KIRWIN-L or the KIRWIN Boards) so we can all benefit in an efficient way. I KNOW my Patrick's name is spelled differently on different records.... Should the time come when we begin to see we are sorting our family groups so successfully that it becomes obvious that separate research on the spellings makes sense (don't we all wish?), I will be happy to "hand over the mantle" to one of you to become the Admin for the other derivitives and the mailing list. Just let me know you are willing to take it on and we will collaborate! Meanwhile let's have fun with these new toys!!! If you haven't seen GenConnect, you are in for a treat! Go to http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/indx/FamAssoc.html click on "K" scroll to Kirwin and click again. You will reach a site where you can post queries and links to othere boards where you can post actual data. I put up a couple of examples... dig through your own data, see what you have and put it up! What is soooo cool about GenConnect is they have an Indexing Spider that goes out every Sunday evening while we sleep (at least in the USA ;]) to grab and alphabetize any surnames that get mentioned... THEN! When you or I go looking for our names, they pop right up leading folks to our posts! This is really turning us into a Global Family Community and ushering us into the New Millenium....Remember, Rootsweb is about the only place dedicated to making genealogy information available and accessible to all! For example, if you post anything on GenForum, now that it has been acquired by the Family Tree Maker arm of The Learning Company (aka Mattell), their fine print says they own the rights to your data.... and they can sell it for their own profit! Only on Rootsweb do we continue to own our own research... Let's get it and keep it where "plain folks" can find it! We all know our research time is not free... I say there is no goo dreason why we should give the "big guns" our efforts to make their money from! So! Go post your info, be sure to put all surnames in the surname box and let's just watch those new cousins pop out of the woodwork... Jana