Goodmorning Thought I would fill in a few minutes to wish everyone a very happy and prosperous New Year. As Brian would tell you, I am finding it easier to type than to talk at the moment, although I just about managed two lines of HAPPY BIRTHDAY, when I spoke to him yesterday. [He rang from the pub would you believe!!] In other words I've lost my voice! Still I am giving everyone a break from listening to me chat. I would also like to tell you, in case you don't already know, about a marvellous project called Archive CD Books. Take the time to visit the home page and read all about it, it's a very worth while project in my opinion and as family historians we should support it. The url is, for those of you who don't know about it, http://www.archivecdbooks.com/ I have also just volunteered for the FREEBMD project. This is the project to put all birth, marriages and deaths since 1837 on line. This is going to be so useful to all of us and everyone can join in, you don't need a micro fiche reader according the web page. The url for this is http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ Hope you all find this interesting, and maybe a couple of you could join in the above and so speed up this project. Happy New Year and good luck with your researching. Very best wishes, Pam Stoke on Trent