Just today at the NYC Municipal Archives, I met four family searchers who never heard of the IGG/GGG transcription projects. Imagine that! This prompts me to publicly thank metro NYC's own Italian Genealogy Group (IGG) and German Genealogy Group (GGG) for anticipating the needs of our larger genealogy community, and to their numerous, generous volunteers who make hunting down ancestors simpler. Please note: Transcriptions are NOT limited to Italian and German surnames. Last November, the IGG lost one of its founders, the inimitable John Martino, and more recently a well-loved, dearly-missed member of its executive board, Barbara Florio. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsday/obituary.aspx?pid=177866140 The backstory of the IGG/GGG transcription union is described on IGG's home page> http://italiangen.org/ Both the IGG and GGG meet on Long Island, but membership is not restricted to locals. Interested? To join the IGG, check out membership info here, then click on the red font for an application.> http://italiangen.org/membership/minfo.php To join the GGG, check out the black box info on the top left here> http://germangenealogygroup.com/membership/member-benefits.php Barb MizScarlettNY@aol.com