Fiona: One idea that might interest you for your site is a place to post old letters that have survived through the ages. I have several from the County DOWN branch of my tree. The first one was written in 1892 from a relative that had already immigrated to America urging another family of relatives still in County DOWN to make the trip. The letter tells them what to pack and bring and a little about what to expect in the voyage. The letters then jump in time to WW2 era and are all written from relatives still in Ireland and tell us a little about their life during the war. I have always found them to be a great snapshot in time and would love to read other people's letters that they may have. Once you are up and running, feel free to email me off-list if you have an interest. Rose -----Original Message----- From: sct-wigtownshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sct-wigtownshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of MinersofMourne Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 5:43 PM To: SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WIG LIST] WIG - Co. DOWN connections Dear Friends, I have just volunteered to take on the role of Project Coordinator for the County DOWN section of rootsweb's Ireland Genealogy Project (IGP) (TM) which has a website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirdow2/ I plan to redesign the site to include information that is useful to us all in our research and to update the site as often as possible to keep the information fresh. Now I know from my own family research that the proximity of Down and Wigtownshire means that a lot of families have connections on both sides of the Irish Sea. I would be extremly grateful for any information that any of you come across in your research that I could include on the Co. Down site. If anyone has ideas or information that they would like to be added to the site please let me know. Photographs would be especially welcome. Good luck to you all with your research, Fiona. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message