Hello Shockey cousins, I have been wanting to write this for several weeks but everything possible has gone wrong here the past few weeks. Please read all of the following and take the time to visit the two links that I have included. I will be moving the master Shockey database to this new genealogy software in the very near future. The Family Origins software that we have been using is being replaced with software called RootsMagic. Both products were written by Bruce Buzbee who uses the business name FormalSoft, Inc. Full details of the new software can be found on the following page: <A HREF="http://www.RootsMagic.com">http://www.RootsMagic.com</A> Please take a few minutes and look at the feature list of this new software at: http://www.rootsmagic.com/features.htm As I understand it, Bruce first signed an agreement with Parsons Technology about 12 years ago giving them the marketing rights to Family Origins. Parsons Technology sold out to Broderbund who was bought out by Mattel who then sold the genealogy product rights to Genealogy.com. Genealogy.com has controlled the marketing rights the past few years but did not want to push the product (in fact they wanted to kill it off) as they were losing too many of their sales of Family Tree Maker to people switching to the better and less expensive program Family Origins. Bruce tired to obtain the marketing rights back to FormalSoft but Genealogy.com did not want this either. As a result Bruce has spent the past eighteen months creating the all new RootsMagic. Although RootsMagic is scheduled to ship in late January, Bruce is offering it for those who want to order it early (for yourself or a friend). It is available at the introductory price of $19.95 plus shipping/handling (the price of RootsMagic will be $34.95 after February 28th, 2003). You can also order One (1) copy of RootsMagic and one (1) copy of the book "Getting the Most Out of RootsMagic" to be shipped in January 2003 at the introductory price of $29.95 plus shipping/handling. Either way there is to be a copy of "Place Finder USA" included. This is also software written by Bruce Buzbee and by itself is worth the cost of RootsMagic. As a further note, I talked to Bruce for about one hour on the telephone. He lives near the 2003 reunion site and will gladly spend an afternoon or evening with those of us that are interested showing just how powerful this genealogy software is and answering any questions that any of us might have. Les Les Shockey email address = lshockey@citynet.net or wvgenweb@citynet.net RootsWeb Listowner for the SHOCKEY family discussion group. SHOCKEY-L@rootsweb.com Visit the Jackson County, WVGenWeb Page, part of USGenWeb Project at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvjackso/JACK.HTM Visit the (West Virginia) WVGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/