hi brenda - thank you so much for the info and address for the old new hanover genealogical society; that is great information to have and i really appreciate it. i will get a letter off to them very soon. one thing you can't help but notice is how nice the people are that we "meet" during the course of our research. i especially enjoy the kindness and spirit of the north carolina groups that i subscribe to. julie thames howell, jax, fla researching surnames: THAMES and DUDLEY Misbgoten@aol.com wrote: > Julie if you don't find what you need online I would suggest that you write a > letter to the Old New Hanover Genealogical Society. They have volunteers > that go in one day a week and research for people. You need to write a > letter asking about only one ancestor at a time. Be very specific regarding > all the dates that you have about that person and the kind of information > that you are looking for. They won't charge you much more than postage and > copying fees, but a donation is always nice. Their address is: Old New > Hanover Genealogical Society, PO Box 2536, Wilmington, NC 28402. They are > the nicest people there. Be kind to them for all the genealogists who will > follow you! > Brenda > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > NCROOTS is an active list. If your e-mail address bounces more than > a few times, you will be automatically dropped as a subscriber. If > this happens, just resubscribe once your server is back in operation.