Who says genealogy has to be boring? No way! I found this in a May 1996 volume of The North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal. HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS (submitted by Jane Smith Hill, Winston Salem, NC) "John DAMM of Randolph County, who was married at Point Pleasant last week, was congratulated by the old folks, the telegram saying: "Please accept the congratulations of the whole DAMM family." Parkersburg Daily State Journal (From: The Union Republican {Winston, NC, 24 February 1898) ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange GENDEX at http://www.gendex.com/gendex/ has over 1400 databases on line