Readers, I am so glad to be back up and running! I had some downtime being ill and now I'm roaring to get some new materials up on the Alpena website! Anyway, I don't know how many times I've heard about "blogs" in the news. For those of you who don't know, a blog is a sort of online diary. I wanted to point this out because a lot of interesting things are going up in blogs. Collections of rare photos, ephemera, genealogical discussions, all sorts of things really. Check them out when you have a second! Just search for blog with a topic (ie if you want a genealogy blog, search for "genealogy blog"). Here are a couple of my favorites: http://www.tacky-times.com/weblog/ Tacky Times covers everything from vintage postcards to recipes from the author's grandmother's cookbook to series on the site author's favorite film stars from the 1920s-1950s. http://meggiecat.blogspot.com/ Meggie's blog is mostly about crafts, but she features very unique old photos often http://genealogyblog.com/ GenealogyBlog is full of information about every possible genealogical topic. The last few posts were: Exploring Central and Eastern European Ancestry, Louisianas Washington Parish Library Puts Obituaries Online, Are you an advanced genealogist? Back to what I was saying about updates, I have well over 200 pictures that have been emailed to me in the last few weeks that I will be concentrating on getting up, and then its back to work on the phone directories. If anyone has an interest in me adding something else to Alpena County GenWeb, I'd be happy to start on it! Just let me know your thoughts. Oh, and in case you were wondering, I was married in May, hence the last name change. I'll be using both names for awhile, and then eventually converting over to just my married name to make it easier for future genealogists to piece things together. Have a great day! Concetta Franco Phillipps Alpena County GenWeb Coordinator ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs