Hello Everyone, There has been some new changes/additions to the Carroll County GenWeb site and I would like to share them with you. 1) You will be able to announce "YOUR CARROLL COUNTY FAMILY REUNIONS in 2001" Please email me with the specifics, name of the family reunion, date, place, contact person with their address, telephone number/email etc. Please place in the Subject line to me "Carroll County Family Reunion" or "CCFR2001" And I will post it on the "CCFR2001" page as soon as possible. My husband, Rodger, is developing an automatic program, so you will be able to post it instead of going through me, that will be up by the end of June. 2) GenConnect Bulletin Boards for Carroll County has been added. These Boards has icons to QUERIES, BIOS, OBITS, BIBLE RECORDS, DEEDS, PENSIONS, and WILLS. Just click on the Board you would like to either read a posted message in that subject or to post a message. These Boards are fully automated and your message with be sent to anyone that has signed up for the MdCarrol-L or MdCarrol-D list. Plus they are archived on the GenConnect Boards. 3) Birth and Death Certificates link to the Vital Records site for Maryland Department of Health. Here it will tell you the cost of an birth or death certificate and you can get a copy of the forms from their site to print out. Birth and Death Certificates were not issued to the Counties in Maryland until 1898. And for the City of Baltimore, they had started in 1875. If you need a copy of a Birth or Death prior 1950, you will need to go to the Hall of Records, State Archives in Annapolis and get an microfilm copy. http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/homepage/html/homepage/html click on Reference and Research and then click on Vital Records. The Maryland Archives has their microfilm catalog on line and you can do a lot of pre-research at home by looking through the catalogs for your Land records, Marriages, Births, Deaths, Maryland Census, Probate, Church Records and Newspapers and much more. 4) Three new additions that is under construction by will be up soon. CARROLL COUNTY FAMILIES HOMEPAGES VOLUNTEER LOOK-UPS I will be sending out a guide line for the Volunteer Look-ups and the Carroll County Families Homepages soon. NEWSPAPERS (that would cover Carroll County starting as as early as 1790 to present) 5) List of Genealogical Bookstores I hope some of the changes will help someone. I will be updating you all as I make the changes or additions to the site. Happy Memorial Day and have a safe weekend. Susan E. Bundy Carroll County GenWeb list Coordinator