Greetings Listers, I want everyone to know that I have not taken my jacks and left the playground. While the Berrien County Genealogy Project http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/berrien/ is no longer affiliated with MIGENWEB or USGENWEB because of it's overzealous grasp on the CCs and web sites we work hard to put out there for genealogists AND because I disagree with that club's forever changing, weakly interpreted by-laws. Additionally, I have NOT discontinued nor abandoned the MIberrie-L mailing list at rootsweb, as indicated by the simultaneous start up of a Berrien County mailing list at Yahoo (connected to my old web site at USGENWEB) and my resignation from USGENWEB. Ask the USGENWEB Michigan State Coordinator, Jan Cortez, MiBerrie-L is still there. She had the sudden urge to join the Berrien-L mailing list (?!)within minutes after I resigned from USGENWEB (why the sudden interest in Berrien?). The Berrien County Genealogy Project is now affiliated with ALHN.org and USGENNET (501(c)(3) non-profit) which are great projects, interested in keeping genealogy FREE. So, to all of you who may be feeling a bit frustrated by your present servers or FOR PROFIT affiliations, come over to the "sunny side" as the song says! from the sandy shores of lake Michigan Brenda R. Sears Berrien County Genealogy Project formerly at USGENWEB http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/berrien/ miberrie-L@rootsweb.com Southwestmichigan-L@rootsweb.com