Everyone, I wanted to announce some additions to the sites for Douglas County MOGENWEB (http://www.rootsweb.com/~modougla/doug.htm) and Douglas County Historical & Genealogical Society (http://www.rootsweb.com/~modougla/HISTSOC.htm). 1. CEMETERIES - I've added what I believe is a comprehensive list of all cemeteries in the county. The list also documents which cemeteries that have lists of burials in the MOGenWeb Archives and links to those lists. 2. VETERANS - New links are provided to some great veteran sites suggested by Janie Luster of Oregon plus a new listing of Missourians who lost their lives in World War I. This last site is hosted by the folks in Adair County-they invited us to use the site. 3. HISTORICAL SOCIETY - My cumulative index for the Historical Journal is now on the Society's page plus a new cumulative Table of Contents that is a text file accessible by all. Everyone - this index has almost 30,000 records covering everyone mentioned in the Journal from inception in 1974 to the present time. Take your family names and check the index to see if they appear. Jot down the issue date and the page number. Then go to the cumulative Tables of Contents for all 44 issues to get the name of the article in which that person appeared. That may help you determine if the article is significant enough to obtain a copy of that issue. The Historical Society will not photocopy individual articles but they have copies of all back issues for $8 each. (The Journal is a favorite of mine - so I'm always trying to push it). 4. LOOK-UPS - Notice that I've volunteered to do look-ups into Bessie Selleck's 1952 "Early Settlers of Douglas County" and also into some plat maps. We may have a new volunteer for marriage date look-ups. We desperately need a look-up volunteer for the 1995 "Douglas County History & Families." The book is out of print, and it contains a fantastic amount of information about the county. 5. Regarding LOOK-UPS - if you need one, remember that it should only be for a small amount of information, and no requests for photocopies of large sections, for example. If you're willing to volunteer, remember that I'll be asking you to send out acknowledgement responses within 48 hours telling the inquirer that you accept the assignment and when you think you might be able to complete it. If you're a constant Douglas County researcher like me, look around at the materials you have that might be of use to others and volunteer, please. Thanks. Well, besides my personal agenda on my many Douglas County lines, I plan to focus in on getting an understandable and usable history of the county's boundaries, townships and legal descriptions. You'll see on the website that I've promised something along that line for a couple of months now. Well, I'm about ready to get after it. Perhaps many of you have heard of the novel "The DeVinci Code" by Dan Brown. Well, my wife got me to read Brown's earlier book "Angels & Demons." I'm not pushing the book but I'm always the history buff-and not much on fiction unless it is historical. Well, what I got out of the book was a good sense of the layout and history of the Vatican. Did you know that the Vatican is a separate country, and you can't technically say that it is in Rome? Any way, my wife asked what I'm going to read next, and I've decided - to heck with fiction - I'm going to start re-reading all the Douglas County Historical Journals for the second time. That's something I really enjoy. Does anyone know? Is there a cure for what ails me? Thanks to all who participated in the Roll Call last month. I personally picked up a couple of new contacts through that exercise. Have a good weekend. The Ozark Uncle Kenneth Brown, Ph.d., CPA Emeritus (Retired) Professor, Springfield, MO Email1: ozarkuncle@sbcglobal.net Email2: kwb237f@smsu.edu