We will be hosting a special Civil War Genealogy session in the #GenealogyForum channel on IRC Afternet on February 26th at 9PM Eastern time. Michael Hughes, Historian and Web Development Expert will stop by the #GenealogyForum to answer your questions about searching for your Civil War ancestors. Mr. Hughes has a Bachelors Degree in History from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and specializes in Civil War Genealogical Research. He has over a dozen direct ancestors that were in the Civil War, both Union and Confederate. Be sure to mark your calendar and join us then. We have had several emails from the lists wanting to know where the #GenealogyForum channel went. Actually, we didn't go anywhere. We are still on Afternet but we change the mode of the channel to S mode which means is does not show on the list of channels on the network. This was done due to the growth of the network. As the net grows there are more kids playing with online and we would rather not be bothered with them. Their method is to find a channel in the list with the most visitors in it and join it regardless of the topic. After you connect to Afternet, type add #GenealogyForum to your channels folder or type /join #GenealogyForum. You can also, now, join through java webchat at: www.afternet.org/chat Just type in a nickname and then #GenealogyForum in the channel window. Hope to see you soon! Check for your surnames on our Search Index at: www.flash.net/~gen4m/