Asta wrote: > > Wow! I didn't anticipate the overwhelming response I would receive to my idea to begin a surname web page on the Snyder County PAGenWeb site. I have begun working on it and will let you know via this mailing list when it is completed and ready to receive your input. A number of you have already e-mailed your surnames. Could you please resubmit them when I am ready with the page and the means by which surnames can be submitted to it? I know you're anxious (so am I as I too have many names to subm > > In the meantime, I'm trying to find some things of interest to you tracing your family in Snyder County. What would you like to know? I and others on this list would love to share our knowledge of resources, history, etc., with you to help you find your Snyder County ancestor. Please use this mailing list to let me and others know what you need to know about Snyder County history and resources available to you via the Internet and snail mail. Is there anyone out there willing to check on things Logan, You have a great idea to add surnames to the web page for Snyder Co. Thank you for taking the initiative to make it happen. I have been doing research in Snyder Co. from a distance for years and have never been there; that being the case, there are several things that I would suggest as items to consider for this web page to help researchers: Maps which idenify townships, rivers, valleys, mountains, towns showing their previous names and dates when names changed; Cemetery and church locations and records; History of county, pioneers, factors that influenced the people; Surname message postable bullitin board; Here is an excellent county web page which could be viewed as something to shoot for, in my opinion: Chester County, PA: http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/mhharris/chester2.htm I certainly would be willing to help you in any way that I can from Texas because you certainly have helped me with my research in the past; if there is something that I can do or assist with, let me know. -- Best regards, Galen Hartman Dallas, Texas Web Page: http://www.usac.net/~ghartman/ "We have time for the most important things in our lives" Genealogical Surname Research in Adams, Berks, Centre, Northumberland, Snyder, Union, and York Counties, PA (1720-1870); Sandusky, Stark, Seneca, and Wood Counties, OH (1795-1930): ABELS, AIGLER, ALTMAN, BAKER, BEEHLER, BICKLE, BIERLY, BLACK, BOLIN, BONEWIT, BOWMAN, BUCHTEL, CANFIELD, DRAKE, DUNKIN, FAIRBANKS, FRY, FREY, HARPSTER, HARTMAN, HASSENPLUG, HATHAWAY, HUMMEL, KREAMER, MAIZE, McCREARY, MEYER, MOOK, MOWRY, ORWIG, REAM, SHAPIRO, SNYDER, THOMAS, VANDERSOL, ZANKLE.