As coordinator of the Butler Co. NEGenWeb pages and this discussion list, I want to welcome those who have subscribed in the last few days. Glad to see you here. This is a quiet group, so I would suggest this for new members: 1. Post a message here outlining your families/surnames with some dates, so others know who you are looking for or what you have already found. OR 2. Post a query for your surnames or whatever you are searching for on the Butler Query forum (query puzzle piece icon). You can do this for most "old countries" also as GenConnect query pages exist for most countries. Doing either of these things may bring you new information. If you have been searching for years, an effort to renew your search interests may help. There are lots of new users on the genealogy web that were not there 3 years ago. They may know something you don't (grin). If you own a reference for Butler Co. NE, would you do Lookups via email?? In round figures, there are about 60 subscribers to NEBUTLER-L or NEBUTLER-D and presumably all have links to Butler Co. There are about 350 links on the Butler home page, so there is lots to explore. Happy holiday, Emmett Mason