Do any of you out there in the Tacoma, Federal Way, Seattle, Everett areas know of persons who because of affirmity, limited budget, or otherwise hampered from using their computer to do genealogy, or otherwise search for information? If so, please contact me personally via clarkw7iml@juno.com - if they have, or have access to a PC, or IBM clone type computer of more recent vintage. I know that there are people out there who would like to use their computer, but they cannot afford the circa $20/mo. bill for Internet access. Thank you for responses re this, but only if they live within the areas of the 1st line of this Query. * * * 30 * * * Hi there Nanc! I really enjoyed reading your "jump in" and I see some things in it that I will be asking you more about. The Smith Line will be one of them as I have some Smiths ( who doesn't!!) from around the White River, Slaughter areas, aka Kent, Auburn that I would like to pursue with you. Then, I see some other names, tho' not related to me, they sound familiar: Berry, Rowe, Boundy. The Boundy is familiar from early Kent history - there was a Boundy clothing store in Kent in the 1930s etc. and Mr. Boundy & his fam. were good friends of my Grandparents of Kent - Irving Clark Fam. (Maybe it was a Pharmacy, Burt Look had a clothing store in Kent in the 30s -memory fails me at the moment !) I went to school with some of the Rowe Family - they pronounced their name as ROW as in OW! rhymes with HOW, not the usual long o or ROW as in row your boat. They still have some of the Family in Snohomish. There was a Berry Family in Snohomish - large fam. of them, also an Everett Fire Chief's last name was Berry. A Berry (railroad tower dispatcher/switchman telegrapher- Seattle built my desk in his basement, in fact, in the 30s). So, we need to do some talking via our e-mail to comb thru this. Nanc, you have a lot of history in this region so I hope you get a lot of responses, not only from just the surnames, but the various historical items you apparently have for us to enjoy. * * * Sounds like those Weather Warnings for 1998-1999 weren't so far off, after all - even if the inch predicitons, and specifics may not be true - - - SO FAR ! Earthquake in the Puyallup area ! 2.5 is ENUFF ! WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT. Keep warm, and safe! Carroll of Snohomish ^ ^ ^ PLVS VLTRA ! ^ ^ ^ ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]