Dear friends, I will take Eddie up on the warm invitation. I'm alone, but it's been a productive year for family history and I'm grateful to be in a cozy beach cottage instead of under a bridge! I'm also so very grateful for all the help I received from you. SW VA has been greatly on my mind lately, for I've made a commitment to travel there next fall. Looking forward to hanging out in libraries and courthouses, and to driving roads in Ashe, Carter, Johnson, Allegheny, and Grayson Counties, as well as Russell Co. Big deal for an Oregonian! Now where is that lovely lady who was thinking of opening a bed & breakfast especially suited to genealogists? I'll soon be ready to make reservations! My very best to every one of you. In the coming year, may Heavenly Father bless us all with health, patience, perception, and rewards in proportions appropriate to our personal investment. Carlyine Tracking JESSEE & HEBURN in Russell Co. and BLACK, PARSONS and RAY in Ashe, Grayson, and NE TN