I would love to see a get together take place! I have been researching the Etheldred Pollard family, from Wake and Johnston Co, for about 10 years now. I have gotten back to the mid-1700s so far. As a child and up into my teens I use to visit in Johnston Co (mainly the Princeton and Four Oaks area) every summer. I have such fond memories. Anyway, I visited Johnston Co last summer for about 6 days. Progess may have stepped in and many areas have changed, but one thing that didn't change was the people. I went cemetery hunting and looking for obscured cemeteries and the people in the area were so friendly and so willing to help. Not one person gave me a strange look or an attitude because of looking for cemeteries and/or information about my Pollards. I have to commend the willingness and the helpfullness that the people of Wake and Johnston Co have given me when I make phone calls and/or mail inquiries about my genealogy. Many of these people have bent over backwards to help me. I also now do research in Maryland and let me tell you, there is no where near the willingness to provide genealogists with information like NC's willingness to provide information. When I told someone at the Maryland State Archives about the availability of getting counties of documents from the Wake and Johnston Co, NC, her respond was, "Honey, don't even think your going to get that kind of help in Maryland." My point is HURRAY for Wake and Johnston Co, NC!! I for one would love to revisit, even if it is to just sit and talk to the people in the county and to talk to other genealogists researching in that county. Diane Keiser Pearl Weaver wrote: > Posted on: Johnston Co. NC Queries Forum > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Johnston/1729 > > Surname: WATSON, MOYE, WOODARD > ------------------------- > > Ann, your idea is great. I am proud to say I am a Johnstonian, myself. > I believe everyone, who visits here will find and meet some wonderful people. > Our Johnston County Heritage Center can be very beneficial, in getting > genealogical information from the other counties, as well. We are very > proud of it. This is my AMEN !! > > Pearl Weaver > > ==== NCJOHNST Mailing List ==== > Johnston County, North Carolina NCGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncjohnst/index.htm > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/