Hi guys and gals! I'm very pleased that Celia has our new list up and running so well. I'm also glad we're starting to converse again. I thought everybody had thrown their computers away or something! A couple of observations...first, with regard to the "username and password" requirements on the land patent website. They only ask for a username and password so they can make their site more secure, by having people log in and out. You can MAKE UP a username, and use ANY PASSWORD you want. This username and password has NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with any passwords you use for the internet, e-mail, or anything else. I'm one of the most wary of giving info out over the net, but this one isn't worrisome at all. I went to the site today, and looked at the Rudd stuff in Michigan as well as some Burnett records in Indiana. When you go on their site, you can get an ACTUAL IMAGE of the land patent document that you can work with on the computer. They have a "viewer" that you can download and use, that costs $10 to register, or you can right-click on the "view document" link, and select "Save target as" ( in internet explorer). This lets you save the image as a .tif file, and just about any imaging program will open it so you can view it and print it. I've downloaded about ten of the Burnett files, and if anyone wants any of the Rudd files, and is "technologically challenged", let me know and I'll download it and e-mail it to you. Second...I'm going to post a copy of the Rudd family tree (what I have, that is) to Family Tree Maker sometime in the next couple of weeks. Let me know if you have anything to append to my file, or you want to comment or help. Thanks to all of you for your help and generosity in the last few months. I've linked up to the line clear back to Jonathan, thanks to Celia, Joann, Susan, Cheryl, and a host of other good folks who've cared enough to share. My grandma would be proud! My rollcall, for you latecomers, is: Jonathan Rudd==Mary (?) (or ??) Nathaniel Rudd==Abigail Hartshorn Joseph Rudd==Sarah Mosely Increase Rudd==Bathsheba Johnson Johnson Rudd==Abigail Brown Barak Rudd==Livonia Atwood Alonzo Rudd==Charlotte Empie Arthur Rudd==Berneicia Ralstin Ethel Rudd==Ralph Burnett Doris Burnett==Charles Stephenson Kevin Stephenson Kevin K. Stephenson 1600 Kentucky St. #2 Lawrence, KS 66044 (785)865-1586 Fax/Data: (785)865-2555 e-mail: [email protected] website: http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~kevin2/homepage.html