Folks, The list has been quiet during Christmas. Merry Christmas (late) to all. Happy New Year. We still have almost 500 members but there is little activity. We get new members all the time so it is o.k. to post your current research/surnames. I was shopping yesterday and preparing for the traditional (in my family) meal. One can't get country ham in S. CA. (this place is primitive) and I had to go to two stores to find the blackeyed peas. I invite members to post what their traditional New Year's Day meal was. Ours was ham, blackeyed peas, and something I have forgot. To have that meal was to ensure that it would be a prosperous year. DO NOT CLICK REPLY, but post to the list address. -eddie owner

Eddie, Down South the traditional New Years Day meal is ham hock, collard greens and blackeyed peas. yumm! Yumm! Good!! G. Lee Hearl Authentic Appalachian Storyteller Abingdon, Va.