Welcome to the list, and thanks for joining. I hope we can help each other. The guidelines here are: Please be polite. If you have a problem with someone, please email them privately. This is probably unnecessary to say to North Carolina people. Lots of genealogy buffs are gentle people who don't want to hear tough language. Please oblige them. I am Mary Westbrook-Drake and own this list. That means the buck stops here. I will be monitoring the mail to the list and helping with subscribe-unsubscribe problems. This list is for information about the genealogy and history of the county. That includes information about how to do research there, great links, and other useful stuff for genealogists. PLEASE introduce yourself to the list. Let people know what you are expert on, and what you are researching. In order to facilitate communication and research I have to prioritize my time and usually decide to use it adding new information to the county page. This means I don't have time to do much personal research these days. I am way behind in answering my personal mail. If you have data you are willing to share, please send it to me for publication on the county page. I'll keep plugging away until it is up. However, like all genealogist, I have major exceptions. I always want to hear anything about the Dixon, Dickson, Dixon families of Onslow, New Hanover, Duplin and other Eastern NC counties. This is my major puzzle to solve before I dieĀ and I am beginning to think I am going to live a long, long time. Hoping to hear from everyone of you on the list. Mary Westbrook-Drake ICQ# 14695319 <http://www.thedrake.org/note1.htm>