Hi All, Last month's drive for Bible and Diary records was a major success. We added 62 new pages of Bible records and Diaries to the site. Thanks so much for all of you who chipped in on that project. That brings our total number of Bible records to about 180 for the site. That sounds like a lot until you consider that we have eighty townships in our three counties, so broken down that way, it is really a small number. I have continued to scour this Sullivan Township areas for more, and it is working. There are many Family Bibles still present in the households of the township. It just takes a person to go out looking. Everyone whose Bible records I copy, thanks me. They are just as grateful to have their old records preserved and distributed as we are to have them available to all of us, and for the same reasons. They want the memories of their ancestors preserved just as we do. For the locals, here are some strategies to consider if you want to help round up these records. 1. Post a notice in the local small stores. 2. Ask the ministers to announce in the churches that we are looking for Bible records for historical purposes. I might even put an ad in some of the local papers asking for same. Then make yourself available to photocopy, scan or manually copy the records made available to us by these method. I have just been phoning people and with the intergenerational relationships that still prevail in our rural areas, this is working just fine. Whether they even know me or not, they know/knew my parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and they are glad to have these records preserved. This month's special focus is on Legal Documents, and we have already brought in almost forty. Thanks once again to those who have taken the time to transcribe what they have to share with the rest of us. There are a few site guests who deserve special thanks. No matter what I ask for in my monthly special concentrations, they dig through their files and have something to contribute. We are all grateful to them. Be sure to check the What's New in June page of the Online Research Library at <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm">Tri-Counties Genealogy & History</A> If this little hot link does not work for you, just copy and paste this URL to access the site's main page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm Joyce M. Tice Founder-Developer of <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm">Tri-Counties Genealogy & History</A>