Many of you have been having trouble in reaching various state and county pages. Also several other genealogical pages and sites are also down. Here is why: Last night, the server that houses the many of the individual county and state web sites (pages) failed completely and finally. It is dead, dead, dead!!! Everything hosted on the USGenNet server is offline and unreachable. This includes almost a dozen domains (including ALHN and TNGenWeb) and over 500 individual website accounts. The USGenNet board has decided to purchase a new server to the tune of about $5,000. This has to be done immediately in order to get all of the various projects back on line. It can't be delayed. Most of the advanced funding has been advanced by Fred Smoot in hopes that the various individuals of USGenWeb, the users like you and me, will make donations to cover this cost. ALHN Marion County, Tennessee and TNGenWeb Williamson County, Tennessee have pledged $100 together towards the new server. If any of you wish to make individual donations towards the new server you can do so by sending your check to: Rhoda Fone, Treasurer USGenNet 999 Bridgeport Way Rio Vista, CA 94571 An added bonus to contributors is that those who have donated $100 or more are considered sustaining members and are entitled to vote in the upcoming USGenNet election, when a new Board of Directors will be elected. All donations are tax deductible, and even $5 or $10 is a gift that USGenWeb would be grateful for, and would be certainlly appreciated at this time. If you have any questions or need additional information please let me know. Cheers to all, Noel