In a message dated 7/10/99 6:29:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mevhill@burgoyne.com writes: << Hi Dan, Thanks so much for sharing this with us. I guess this virus thing is for real. I am updating my Iomega Zip disks this evening - I have too much good stuff from all of you to loose! Mary Hill >> Thanks for the thought, Mary. The information we deal is just too meaningful to take any kind of chance with. Viruses, worms, and little things like hard drives crashing without notice -- I'm probably over-reacting, but I'm writing GEDCOMs to diskette everytime I update the database. I'm also tremendously relieved that Rootsweb has archives of our e-mails by surname. Keep up the great and fascinating work, Mary. Observing your work is like reading a treatise on methods in research. You may not know it, but you're setting a wonderful example for some of us out here who are still dummies and klutzes but striving to rise up out of the muck, genealogically speaking! Best regards. Dan