Dear Gathering folk, Here are the 3 ways that the Tiree Interconnections Project has organized for you to make your genealogy available at or before (or even after) the Gathering: 1. Family Tree Charts: These will be paper charts that will be taped up on the walls at the Gathering on Saturday. You can make them in advance and mail or email them for display. Or you can bring them along to the Gathering. In a pinch, you can even sketch one out by hand after you get to Guelph. Further instructions to follow in a separate email. 2. Family History Pages: These are short family stories for posting on the Internet. If submitted by email, they can be posted to the Tiree Rootsweb Mailing List and Archive as well as the Tiree Interconnections webpages. If you don't have email, you can mail or bring these to Guelph and they will be displayed in a binder (and perhaps later added to the webpages, but no promises about that). Further instructions to follow in a separate email. 3. The Tiree Family Tree on computer: For those of you who have your own family tree typed up in a genealogy software program (like Family Tree Maker, PAF, Legacy, etc.), you can submit a computer file (called a "gedcom") to the Tiree Family Tree. At last report the Tiree Tree was about 8,000 descendants strong. Russ will have it available for searching at the Gathering. For information about contributing your tree, contact Russ McGillivray at russ@tireegathering.com . Two more emails to come.please watch for them! Louise MacDougall louise@tireegathering.com Vancouver Island, BC Canada Networking Liaison Tiree Interconnections "Connecting families together to create the Tiree Family Tree" A Genealogy Project of the Tiree Gathering 2004 http://www.tireegathering.com