Good Afternoon: I learned today that a few people post their work before they research their material and there are some folks who don't care about the facts or know how to document their files. Just a few moments ago, I took a break from my cemetery photo work and logged on to WorldCom and Family Search to see some of the work being posted by researchers doing Barry County research. I almost fainted when I saw some of the names and the combinations that were being posted. Our Barry County ancestors would turn over in their graves if they could see that mess. Please don't misunderstand, I did see some really good and nice work in among all that junk. But - there was one fleeting moment that I wondered why I do what I do and all my work seemed in vain. And, just for that one moment, I wondered, if people don't use what we post, then why do we do it? Then - I took a deep breath and clicked away my disappointment with the delete button. So much for that - here is an update for Monett, which is more on the positive side of things. Most of you know that Jay Trace took the photos of all the stones and that the posting work has been going on now for several days. There are over 4 000 photos in the file and about 5,400 graves there. We appreciate all of Jay's hard work and despite the bad stuff, I am very sure that it was not done in vain! This is a nice file and definitely a big asset to our web site About 5% of the residents of IOOF once lived in Lawrence Co., and the remainder was Barry County residents. In addition, of course, you know the cemetery is just across the Lawrence County line. I have posted about 800 from Jay's work and 1250 or so from the combination of Jay's work and other projects. I will be glad when I get around 1350 or about 1/4 of the cemetery on the web. The Monett - IOOF - Cemetery file has about 30 web pages at this time. Each web page totals anywhere from 12 to 25 hard copy pages. So we probably have online somewhere around 400 to 500 hard copy pages thus far. This is a whopper - and when completed will be about 2000 or more hard copy pages. If not a duplex printing - it will take over four reams of paper just to print it out. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/cemetery/monett/monett.htm Have a good week-end and enjoy these beautiful fall days. Donna Cooper