Hi folks, As you may have seen either in an update message here or on the site itself, the Poznan marriage records indexing project ( http://www.man.poznan.pl/~bielecki/mrecords.htm ) is now up to the amazing amount of over 115,000 marriage records - that's 19.5% of ALL catholic marriages and 9.5% of all lutheran marriages recorded in the area between 1835-1884. In the last year, the project has really begun to pick up speed - many Poland-based researchers are now using it and have started indexing places that the LDS haven't filmed, and more parishes are being completed every month. But with the tremendous growth of the project, the temporary server it's located on is now struggling to cope. Without a new, paid server, the newest indexes cannot be uploaded - to do so would ruin the ability of the site to work for the indexes it already has. Lukasz has been appealing for donations to expand the site for some time now, but unfortunately users of the site have been unresponsive. That's why I'm sending this email out to a few of the message lists - to explain why the site needs donations, and to ask those who may have considered making a donation in the past but never did, to please consider it again. To make donating easier, Lukasz now has a PayPal ( http://www.discovering-roots.pl/poznan_project/support.htm )account. So even small amounts are now gratefully accepted. In addition, with thanks to some very generous volunteers, the possibility now exists for particular films to be indexed quicker in exchange for a minimum donation to the project (parishes and marriages that fit the place and timeframe of the project only - the list is at http://www.man.poznan.pl/~bielecki/mrecords.htm ) . If you are interested, please email Lukasz Bielecki ( bielecki@man.poznan.pl )directly to discuss this. The volunteers who've worked on this project have been able to give up many hours of their time to help those who have none. If the project has helped you, please consider the time that you've been saved in your research and what it might be worth - and donate to the project. May all your ancestors be locatable, :) Elyssa Kowalinski Melbourne, Australia