Hello... and thanks for becoming one of the Charter members of the PAMONVAL List!! This may take a day or two to get fired up! I am changing the Welcome message that you recieve when subscribing to the list, that will ask for new members to list their Mon Valley Surnames when they first join. The first round of invitations went to folks who I know where interested in the area, and who may know each other already. However, in the next couple of days, we should be joined by some new folks, as I've gotten the OK to post messages on other lists to alert them to our list. Keep an eye out for new cousins!! I have a large number of newspaper clippings that include obituaries, wedding announcements, birth notices, and other stories. It is my intent to begin posting these on the list, and encorage you to do the same, as time permits. Members will be reminded how they can search our archives, so something posted today can be found a year from now. Also, in the not too distant future, there will be a website for the Mon Valley researchers. (Give me a month or so til my head stops spinning!) I'll be asking for info to be included (gedcoms, pictures, links, etc.) so be on the lookout for that announcement. Thats all I have for now... I talk to you soon (feel free to talk amongst yourselves! ) Thanks, Mike Donaldson ([email protected]) Allenport, PA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.my-ged.com/donldson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listowner of: Monongahela River Valley of Penna Rootsweb mailing list: [email protected]