Put me down in strong favor of doing this. I am delighted at the willingness of many experienced people to volunteer their services -- also the inexperienced, but eager, other volunteers. To me, the only point in having such a group should be to create a Neville data base that will attempt to answer all the ambiguities and doubtful facts that plague all of us in our research. The discussion group should provide a forum for testing all research for validity so that the resulting data base represents the best interpretations of the facts that available data from all sources permits. Not that every individual can't do what he damn well pleases in his (or her) own work. They at least would have the collective best thinking and experience of the group to draw on. I think this means that the manager will have to try to reach concensus, as George B. Neville of SoJUND used to do as to what is the group's best thinking at any given time. We need always to be open to change, however, as new evidence may indicate, so the data base is never "set in stone." Where there are unresolved differences in the data, these need to be acknowledge and kept in the forfront so that other researchers are aware of the problems and can look for solutions. Managing such a database is a real responsibility, and requires a dedicated group of very experienced researchers "who know where all the bodies are buried" who are willing help the manager successfully resolve conflicts. This is serious, even scholarly work, not just casual conversation. Never-the-less, I hope we can find someone who really wants to do this job and can fill George B. Nevilles old shoes. He would be delighted, and I am not volunteering, because I do not feel qualified. I do believe in the project, however. Jim Walker PS Why does the group insist on putting the "e" on the end of Nevill. I know that seems to be the prevailing American way of spelling the name, and it has been spelled every which way, my research of English and Colonial American History indicates that most Nevills did not use the "e". The big challenge is our English roots, and those were overwhelmingly Nevill roots. How about naming this new creation, the Nevill Heritage Society? That's were our real heritage lies. Cheers