Hello everyone, For those who are new to this list, I'd like to extend a hearty welcome to you! For some strange reason, we've recently had a HUGE influx of new subscribers lately to the St Joseph County mailing list. To bring you up-to-date... we now have a total of 165 subscribers. Once you've lingered a bit observing the postings on this mailing list, be sure to post your own queries. We have an abundance of knowledgeable people lurking around, ready to help you with your question. And, hopefully, you'll make a connection with someone. I want to direct you to the St Joseph Co., MI USGenWeb homepage which is located at: http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/mistjo.html For your convenience, a Search Engine is located on the front page to easily access data located within the site. Be sure to check it out, as we have a large database of information there. If you haven't done so yet, be sure to visit the St Joseph Co., MI mailing list archived area. The webpage address is: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl (once you get to this page, input MISTJOSE in the search field box.) Every email sent to this mailing list is archived and available to be read. Someone might have posed a query to the mailing list some time ago, before you joined. A search engine is also available there, so simply input the surname you're looking for and 'click'. Good luck with your research... Regards, Denise (Beckwith) Frederick St Joseph Co., MI Mailing List Administrator ***************************************************** Petoskey, Emmet Co., MI email address: tfred@voyager.net Researching these surnames: BECKWITH, BUGBEE, CHASE, CLINE, CRANE, FLANDERS, GAUMER, HEIFNER, HENRY, HUNT, LANE, MORROCHE, MUSHRUSH, NEEB, QUIGLEY, RAYDURE, ROSS, STANTON, STONE, SHURGOUR, STARKWEATHER, VAN RIPER, WERTZ and WHITING Visit my homepage and read "Denise's Story": http://members.tripod.com/~deemamafred/index.html CC for Emmet County, MI USGenWeb Homepage: http://members.tripod.com/~deemamafred/miemmet.html CC for St. Joseph County, MI USGenWeb Homepage: http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/mistjo.html CC for Washtenaw Co., MI USGenWeb Homepage: http://members.tripod.com/~deemamafred/miwash.html *****************************************************