For those of you who planned to attend the 14-18 July 2002 International Roots Conference in Dearborn, Michigan, you should know that the conference was abruptly cancelled. The conference promoters are claiming they do not have any funds to reimburse the people who prepaid to attend. For full details you can read Dick Eastman's newsletter at http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/eastman/5986.asp. There is a follow-up story at http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/eastman/5991.asp. A specific online support group has been started for people who were harmed by the cancellation of this conference. Details can be found at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/irc-victims/. This is one of those rare occasions where my proclivity to procrastinate actually saved me. I did not pre-register. JP John P. DuLong, Ph.D. Acadian and French Canadian Genealogy 959 Oxford Road Berkley, MI 48072-2011 USA (248) 541-2894 http://habitant.org