I am the USGenWeb Archive File Manager for the state of Missouri. The archives is a free, permanent storage tool on the internet for any family records that you would like to share with others. Many countless patron's have spent countless hours typing obituaries, bios and so many other records to the GenConnect Boards, owned and operated by RootsWeb, only to have them disappear literally overnight. I have advised on numerous occasions for these records to be placed in the archives, a USGenWeb project, run by us and not RootsWeb, which fell mainly on deaf ears. On the State directory I have a search engine that will search statewide. I have a search engine on each county site to search countywide. The advantage of submitting information is that your name will be attached to your submissions and others can coordinate work with you. Please do not send tombstone photo's, but it is acceptable to submit bio's, cemetery transcriptions, census, deeds, obituaries, birth, death, marriage, military, old letters, probate records, like wills, school records and historical articles and others. The beginning of summer offers us the opportunity to get out to cemeteries. I often use my camcorder to record cemeteries so I can transcribe them at home. If anyone would like to volunteer to transcribe records, please let me know what county. Thank you for your time and have a safe and happy summer. -- Joe L. Miller Missouri Archive File Manager, USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/mofiles.htm Missouri Tombstone Project Manager, USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/missouri.html Coordinator of Crawford County, MOGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocrawfo/ United We Stand