Kate Reeves has volunteered to be the new administrator of the MASTERS mailing list. She and I have worked over the interent before on some projects relating to our surname, which is included in her ancestry. I intend to remain on the list, but as a subscriber. As I have mentioned before, eventually it is time for us all to back off. Kate should be letting you know more about herself as time permits. Thanks to all for your support Dave Masters

Thanks, Dave! Hello, Everyone! I'm looking forward to picking up the ball for Dave, and getting back into one of my own lines again. Seems like the last year or so, I've been busier with other folks' research than my own. Maybe I've given it enough of a rest that something new will surface in the process of watching over our list. As an introduction, I've been working on my family's genealogy for a little more than seven years at this point, since just before the arrival of my eldest grandson. My Masters descendency is through my mother's paternal line, through Richard and Isabella. Briefly... Richard Masters (1746-1813) m Isabella Campbell George Masters (1790-1825) m Catherine Dietz Charles H. Masters (c. 1837-c. 1855) m. Charlotte Thermon (Thurman) Henry E. Masters (1871-1934) m. Nettie Short Victor E. Masters (1903-1971) m.(#2) Augusta K. Henke Nadine F. Masters m. John D. Reeves Yours truly. The family's history has been traced from New York, to Virginia and West Virginia, to the Dakotas, Colorado, and on to California...so we're spread from coast to coast. I sure wish that I'd been more interested in genealogy when I was younger and my father was in the Navy, and we visited all those places. It's so much harder to get original documents when you're in the Arizona Desert! I know several members of the list through our common ancestors, and I'm looking forward to getting to know more of you in the months to come. Please feel free to say hello in email, at reeveskl@earthlink.net. Dave, I want to say a special thank you for the help you've been over the last several years. I'm really glad that you'll be staying around, and looking forward to seeing all your years of hard work gel for your own family, and our 'extended' one, as well! You've done a terrific job, I hope I'll be able to follow decently in your footsteps! Kate -----Original Message----- From: David R Masters [mailto:dmasters@houston.quik.com] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 10:42 AM To: MASTERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MASTERS] New List Administrator Kate Reeves has volunteered to be the new administrator of the MASTERS mailing list. She and I have worked over the interent before on some projects relating to our surname, which is included in her ancestry. I intend to remain on the list, but as a subscriber. As I have mentioned before, eventually it is time for us all to back off. Kate should be letting you know more about herself as time permits. Thanks to all for your support Dave Masters