Archive the material.... Two years when no one is addressing the first love of a new mailing list, there will be a little newbe like me that can access the archives and learn from what has already been written. What would we have done if Mrs> Peters would have written her book and put in a safe for safe keeping. What if no one would have translated some of the state records, what if our freedoms are suddenly taken away from us and we are no longer allowed to enter our archives....Or to be in my situtation where not that many people are interested, in searching my main Surname. It is easy to do a genealogy where all the books have been witten, but what about poor little Sarah that was forgotten to be added to someone list and she is the one you are looking for... Just don't write something you are ashamed of. Some time it is nice to look back after a year of doing this and seeing your own personal growth, not only in thought, but in your presation . You may be the only one in the world that has that one clue one piece of spelling that can change someone else to get them on the right track. I am sending this to the group and not personal mail to Larry , I can write Larry privately any time. This is a group decision. So present your ideas to the group, without flaming or anger but as a normal discussion which is what we are suppose to be doing. Pat Graves Reagan 214 Adams St. Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange USGenWeb Orange Co, NC Archives site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orangnc.htm