This is to let you know that a large pedigree file of interest to many Jefferson County researchers will be available on line very soon, AND to solicit volunteers to help with related tasks. This file will eventually contain all known descendants of certain Snell and Zimmerman immigrants from Germany who arrived in New York in 1710-1711 and settled shortly thereafter in present day Herkimer and Montgomery counties along the Mohawk River. David Kendall Martin and Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius have written a series of books that cover these immigrants and their descendants. The books were published by the Snell-Zimmerman-Timmerman Reunion, Inc. With the permission of SZT, a few volunteers have been extracting information from these books over the past eighteen months. Six books have been completed. While each book was intended to cover a specific portion of the extended SZT family, frequent intermarriage among cousins resulted in some interesting and complex relationships AND a fair amount of duplication of names between books. Therefore, as data from each book is added to the master file, we attempt to identify and merge duplicate entries as much as possible. Each record in the master file will cite the book(s) and page number(s) from which the data was taken. At the present time, the merged file contains over 20,000 individuals, all connected in ONE pedigree that extends from the late 1600s in Germany to the present. Six books have been extracted and merged to date: The Eighteen Century Zimmerman Family, by Martin. The Eighteen Century Snell Family, by Martin The Eighteen Century Failing Family, by Martin Descendants of Peter and Anna Kilts Snell, by Sidenius Descendants of George Timmerman, by Sidenius Descendants of Lawrence Timmerman, by Sidenius Two other Sidenius books, Descendants of Lt. Henry Timmerman and Descendants of David Timmerman, are in progress. Eventually, we will accept additional lines of descent that were not included in the published books. (But not yet, please.) We would welcome any volunteers who wish to assist with extraction OR with a review of the accuracy of the master file. Obviously, review volunteers would have early access to the file. To do either task, volunteers would need to have (1) a copy of one of the above books and (2) any major genealogy software program. It would be especially useful if the volunteer had access to Legacy 2.0. That software allows a second user to make changes to a copy of the master file. When the file is returned, the program highlights changed records and compares the revised data against the original. Otherwise, reviewers could submit written notes about any errors found, while extractors can use any major software. Further details are available upon request. Please do not request "look ups" at this time. My days (and nights) are adequately filled with efforts to get this file on line as soon as possible. Ray Kuehne raykue@sginet.com