Dear Y'all, I am working on a new "room" on the web site of the Mobile (Alabama) Genealogical Society. It's called THE NEWS STAND and is a listing of (and links to) genealogy columns which appear in newspapers around the world. I looked around the web and could not find any *one* online place where you could find information on all these columns. It seemed to me that it was time that this "void" was filled. I started out with the intention of listing only those columns which were geographicallly close to Mobile, but I received listings from far-and-away and, after some contemplation, decided that since MGS members have ancestry *everywhere*, it would serve our membership to include listings from areas far removed from the Gulf Coast. If that information also benefits other Internet surfing genealogists -- all the better. This message is a request for assistance from the online genealogical community. I need you to tell me about the genealogy columns that appear in your local newspaper so that I can create a comprehensive listing for it in THE NEWS STAND. What we like to include in each listing is... 1. the name of the column 2. the image of the columnist 3. the name of the columnist 4. the frequency of the column -- in what paper(s) does it appear and when? 5. the circulation (by counties/parishes) of the paper(s) 6. the postal address to which queries and announcements can be sent 7. the e-mail address to which queries and announcements can be sent 8. the address of any web site that is associated with the column (especially if the column is being archived there) Now, BEFORE you e-mail me your responses, PLEASE visit THE NEWS STAND first. The column you want to tell me about might already be there. We currently have listings from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington (state), New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Some of the listings are incomplete. I would appreciate help in "filling in the blanks" as well as information about columns which are not currently listed. The Cyber Lobby for the MGS web site can be found at... http://www.siteone.com/clubs/mgs Scroll down to, and click on, THE NEWS STAND. Please do not bookmark THE NEWS STAND. Please always enter our site via the Cyber Lobby as that's where our hidden counter is. P.S. If you encounter this message more than once, please excuse the duplication. Happy Fathers Day! -- Regards, Kevin Sellew in Mobile, Alabama E-Mailto:[email protected] *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* President of the Mobile (Alabama) Genealogical Society -- a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization and WebMaster for the Mobile Genealogical Society Web Site *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*