Do hope this falls into "appropriate" but must share. If any of you have, or think you have, ties to MA - check out the MA-BAY-COLONY-L list. John Slaughter is making plans/arrangements with and thru New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEHGS) to provide the Tan Book, online and free. For any of you not familiar with the Tan Book, it's spoken of in "prayer-like" terms as THE source for early MA vital records. It's only in the planning stages just now, but sounds like it's gonna move ahead soon. It'll be a great source to have available. You can view the message at the MA-BAY-COLONY-L mail list archive for Sun., Mar. 12. Keep well all -- Terri