In a message dated 97-08-10 13:33:38 EDT, Rita Standifer Maggard writes...(the Owsley County KY list owner) << I feel there has to be someone out there who would be willing and able to do better with these things than I have been.....especially LEE and OWSLEY Counties. Rita>> MY REPLY: I think we should discuss this deeper between the people in the Owsley County group (and Lee County people should discuss among themselves). I'll Go FIRST with regard to the discussion... with my questions, ignorance and my personal goals... I would like to know who is even on this mailing list? What their interests are, their long range goals, etc... I assume that those listed in the SURNAMES page in Owsley County have at least a stake in the area. Some of you may know what's involved in maintaining a LIST... TIME INVOLVED... KNOWLEDGE NEEDED... WHERE TO FIND SPACE, Etc. I have no idea about anything concerning a homepage or even how to do it. I would think that in whatever we do, it should be a joint committment between those who have a DIRECT interest in the County to provide interesting "stuff" for the PAGE (not an outsider who is just trying to help and may have just a indirect interest). Those who have ran the list in the past have spread themselves too thin (just my opinion). Even though they have done probably a better job than I could have... BUT Who cares about the weather in Owsley??? I live in Indiana... I would think that most persons have a favorite county, mine "is" Owsley and ALL of those persons who have ever even "passed through" the county. After all, my MOOREs were some of the first settlers there and are kin to almost all families somehow. I maintain a "home-made" data-base of those persons who ever have shown up in Owsley, from the beginning through 1920 and sometimes beyond. I have information on some 35,000 persons I would guess. I am only a compiler of data... from any and every source I have found over the last 9 yrs. Census records, Birth Records, Death Records, Marriage Records, Personal family studies done by various persons, Cemetery Records, Etc. I don't know how to conveniently share this information with all parties interested, but I am open for suggestions. My long range goal is to leave behind as many "clues" about our ancestors as I can for those persons who follow us. If we could agree on what is important on the page and the long range aspects of what we are trying to do, we should be able to do it as well as anybody else. I will help in any way I can but would not committ to the responsibility of maintaining the page (how can you committ unless you understand what you are committing to)? David G. Moore