Firstly let me apologize if I have disobeyed protocol to other list owners....since I don't know who all of you are. I hope none of you will mind. Rootsweb has allowed a new list to be created. The list is a combination of all the North Eastern counties of Tennessee. There is such a list in Southeast and it is very active and informative. By creating a list that combines the regions/counties it will allow researchers to have their queries/statements to be broadcast to many others who research the area. The fact that county lines & names changed fairly often after the formation of the state it will eliminate have to do multiple mailings to each county. It will also allow researchers to correspond with others who may have infinate knowledge of the area, it's people and their migrations. Northeast Tennessee was a "hot bed" of families moving southward and westward in the late 1700's to the mid 1800's. The mountainous region of Virginia, geographically, had a passage that was easier to cross so it was natural for settlers to move into the NE Tennessee area. I urge all researchers who are working in this region to subscribe to this list....we can all benefit from it. To subscribe to the list it is just as it is with all the others. [email protected] for the list mode. [email protected] for the digest mode. Type subscribe into the subject line. The normal mailing addy is [email protected] Joyce Gaston Reece [email protected]