Thanks to all of you for your responses. It brought back old memories to hear from some of you again. I think that Curtis probably hit the nail on the head with the list he shared with us. I came up with the count of 31 from that list. For some of you that have not been around that long, you may want to take a look at the archives from 1997. You can access these archives by clicking on the blue link <A HREF="http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl">Ro otsWeb Mailing Lists -- Interactive Search</A> and keying in the name MARKHAM for your first search. We shared alot of records back then and you may find them useful. Make sure you bookmark this page as you will probably spend hours there. Ken wrote and asked about MAISER. It was a network much like ROOTSWEB and was very popular until the mailing lists overloaded the capacity of the server. This happened sometime in May of 1997 and we were afraid that we would lose the list but Rootsweb rescued many of Maiser's lists and that's how we came to be where we are today. As promised, I said I would update our current subscribers. That total comes to 271. I was surprised by that number. I think that's quite a jump from the last report that I gave. For those of you who have not posted to the list, you can see by these numbers that there is alot of knowledge out there. Most of us lurk in the shadows waiting for someone like you to post. As I mentioned earlier, there has been alot of records shared through this list, but it's up to you to let us know that you are here and seeking information. So if you haven't done so already, please post. We are all family and this family does SHARE. Thanks to all the old-timers for sticking around. I think that we bonded in the beginning and stay with the list not only looking for additional connections but for sentimental reasons. As for our newer subscribers, let us get to know you. Brenda Markham Listowner