Hi, List, In case you haven't visited my website (see URL below) for awhile, I wanted to let you know I have posted some new additions, including: --MONUMENTS-- --some German NATURALIZATIONS--- ---and a new INDEX to the book I have online, "Geschichte der Deutschen in Syracuse und Onondaga County" ("History of the Germans in Syracuse, etc.") There will be more coming online over the next few weeks as I digest and encode some of the things I recently gathered, so you might want to keep checking my "What's New" page from time to time. I also wanted to let those of you who might be able to attend know that the three-day annual Oktoberfest starts tomorrow and runs this weekend, Sept. 24 - 26, in Clinton Square, downtown Syracuse (Free admission! Live music! Singing! Dancing! Food! Parade!). Hours are Friday & Saturday, Noon-11:00 p.m.; Sunday 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Call 315-675-8321 or 315-473-4330 for info. Evidently there is a Bavarian flavor to it. Let me know if they're still doing the Chicken Dance! In past years proceeds from Oktoberfest have gone to (among other things) restoring German monuments, so if you can, please turn out and show your support while having some fun and meeting others with Onondaga/German roots. Cheers, Michelle Stone way down in Dixie in the USA [email protected] "German Immigrant Ancestors in Syracuses & Onondaga Co., NY" http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mstone/