Hi All, I've been asked to post this following message, which might be of interest to some of you who had ancestors move across the border to England & vice versa. It's a website covering the North-East of England, & in relation to this list, it covers the English counties of the Great Northern Coalfield, those being County Durham, Northumberland & Yorkshire. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I understand that the NORTHEAST area (UK) may not be an area / subject you cover on your list but many families were always travelling around the world from one port to another and maybe some members on your list may have links here. If we can help one person from your list then this whole project would be well worth the time and effort we are putting into it. The 2 new sections, which will come under the heading "INFORMATION EXCHANGE" will have 2 sub categories:- (1) "FIND A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER" This section is designed to help both members of mailing lists and members of the public. Messages will be posted in the hope of locating a family member or friend who may either, once lived in the Northeast, or hold vital information which would be useful to list members. The difference with this section is that most mailing lists do not allow its members to post messages about living people, although I know many people that have found relatives, family members, and lost cousin's they didn't know they had - through other sites and after much time spent on different sites etc. (2) "LOOKING FOR GENEALOGY INFORMATION" section is designed to help those people who don't have access to a computer but who are interested in Genealogy and will be mostly done through the media. This will help both them and the members of other mailing lists that have an interest in the North East of England. There will be a special fax and answer phone service available. (-- Fax Number 07050 600 878 -- Answer Phone 07050 600 877 where members of the public can contact me and I will arrange for their message to be placed in our special sections on our web site. Our web site address is located at:- http://uk-northeast.com We need your help & cooperation to get this project off to a good start. Thank you for your time Stephen +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++