This has been a difficult week for all of us, and I know the recent tragic events of Tuesday are foremost in everyone's minds. However, I must remind you that these lists are intended for genealogy research connected to Laurens County, South Carolina only. Please stay on topic. Fortunately, rootsweb anticipated your need to share your concerns regarding this week's disaster, so they have set up a message board especially for that purpose. Below is a portion of a message that I received from rootsweb, which announces the new message board: "Because of the catastrophe that happened in the United States Tuesday, 11 Sept., 2001, MyFamily.com (RootsWeb.com and Ancestry.com) has created a special Message Board for those who wish to express or share condolences, sorrow, prayers, and thoughts for the victims, their families and friends. However, this is not a board for discussion on how the U.S. should resolve this issue or about how the search for those responsible is going. The URL for the board is http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=usa-tragedy.mourning Please join us in sharing this message board with your posters. Let the healing continue ..." Thank you for your understanding in this matter... Kathy Duncan list owner