Obviously, all of you know about the problem at Maiser....else you wouldn't be here! Boy, it sure put my plans into overdrive...I have now done things I had planned on doing a week from now. I think that means I'm ahead of myself?!? So everyone knows where we are and where we (hopefully!) are going I want to bring everybody up-to-date on several things. I have been the coordinator for the Laurel County KYGenWeb page since the project first began over a year ago. I started the LaurelCoKY AREA mail list several months ago and strongly believe county-specific lists are great! Most people seem to feel a little more comfortable posting to a smaller list than they do to a large one like KYROOTS. Since several of my family lines came from Lee and Owsley counties I jumped at the chance to adopt them when they became available. "I can handle two more counties," I told myself. And I believed myself, too! Sometimes, I am just so gullible! Anyway, then Breathitt suddenly became open and....well, my grandmother was from Breathitt...and I REALLY need to do some work there anyway...and some of my paternal lines ventured into Breathitt, too....and....Yep! I believed myself again! You'd think I would learn! So, here we are.....Breathitt, Laurel, Lee and Owsley counties. Cornett Corner? Well, that's one of those paternal lines that runs through all four counties...and everywhere else, too, I think! My grand plan to redo the Lee County page this weekend sort of fell by the wayside when Maiser went down. (Along with the plan to switch LaurelCoKY AREA to RootsWeb next week and then gradually add the other mail lists!) With the situation at Maiser so shakey I was afraid RootsWeb would be deluged with requests for lists for the next few weeks I decided I'd better get all the lists while I could. OK...that's where we are. The question is...where are we GOING?! Here's where I'd LIKE to go.... 1. Everyone needs to spread the word about the lists. Let everyone who might benefit from the new ones know they are up and help me track down the subscribers to the old lists to let them know we've moved. 2. Everyone needs to please feel free to immediately start posting their queries, lines, questions, etc. 3. Those of you who haven't already done so need to send a list of your surnames to me so I can post them on the county pages. The lists are great but having them on the page is more "permanent". 4. I would VERY MUCH like to get the "lookup" pages for each page really beefed up with a good list of available books and volunteers. Please post a list of the books you have and would be willing to do lookups in. 5. Any will, deed, Bible record, newspaper article, school record, church record, etc. that you would be willing to share should be posted to the list. Also let me know if you would be willing for me to post them to the web page. 6. Keep your 'thinking caps' on for any ideas to improve the page and/or the mail list. Feel free to send me any suggestions you have. Remember...this is not "MY" list...it is "OUR" list. The more each of us contributes the more all of us will benefit! Now, get ready, get set.....GO! Rita -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rita's " Nuttin' Excitin' " Web Page ...Complete listing of my pages and lists... http://www.users.kih.net/~rmaggard/rita.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------