Hi Charlie, I've chatted on and off with pj since she first took the Weakley pages, she's doing some fun things there! I like how she is making such a strong focus on the surnames of the county, perhaps a direction we should consider as well. Karen [email protected] wrote: > Karen, > The Weakley County, Tenn. webpage has a system which works really well. > Please check it out. You only list the names of your ancestors who actually > lived in the County at one time or another. Even though many of us can trace > one line or more back to the 1600's, it is much better to list just the ones > in Marshall County. You list the name, years of birth and death, and > relationship. You list only maiden names of female ancestors, so you don't > get confused with middle, married, and maiden names. For example: > > THOMAS > > Rachel Elizabeth THOMAS 1917-1995 Mother > Lewis D. THOMAS 1877-1946 Grandfather > Meek B. THOMAS abt. 1830-aft 1880 Great Grandfather > > MAY > > Rachel Elizabeth Thomas 1917-1995 Mother > Lewis D. Thomas 1877-1946 Grandfather > Elizabeth S. MAY abt.1837-aft. 1920 Great Grandmother > > GROOMS > > Rachel Elizabeth Thomas 1919-1995 Mother > Susan Tenny Insco 1884-1953 Grandmother > Edith W. Lewelling 1857-1901 Great Grandmother > Susan C. GROOMS 1833-aft 1890 Great Great Grandmother > Stephen Herring GROOMS 1792-1833 Great Great Great Grandfather > > This is an example of my Weakley County line, although the THOMAS and MAY > line were also from Marshall County. Hope this helps a little and is only > one idea. > All the best > Charlie Campbell > London > >