Hi All, Lots of new doings at Rootsweb over the last few weeks. Surname and County Resource Pages have been added. It's been a little confusing for county coordinators and those of us who have GenConnect boards and surname mailing lists, and maddening for the Rootsweb staff and volunteers. But this is a good change that - hopefully - will benefit your research. When you visit Rootsweb www.rootsweb.com now, you'll notice banner advertising - this was necessary to sustain Rootsweb and to help it to grow. Unfortunately not enough people donated funds to keep things going. They still need money from us, the users of the service, so please consider making a donation - whatever size will be appreciated. Visit http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/index.html to see the state links for county resources at Rootsweb and http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/TX/Harrison/ to see the resources for Harrison County. This page, in no way, replaces my Harrison Co. TXGenWeb site, and you'll find a link to it from that page as well. You'll also find links to each of the GenConnect Boards. Remember to post queries ONLY at the Query Board, but if you have anything else to share in the other categories, please, please do. There are a few bios, obits, and two wills already posted. Take a look and see what you might add. While I'm at this, I send a big thank-you to the Harrison County Genealogical Society, whose members - primarily Hubert Bender and Alice Barron - check the queries periodically and offer any information they can find in the research library at the museum. Many of you have also corresponded with Jimmy Oliphant, who's been answering queries for the last few years. Thank you, thank you!!! BTW dues are due now and are much appreciated! See www.rootsweb.com/~txharris/hcgensoc.htm for more information. But please don't get your feelings hurt if your query is not answered - it probably means that there's simply no information in the library to help. (That seems to be the case whenever I request information across the country.) FYI, construction on the roof of the old courthouse museum continues, and artifacts have now been moved to another location, where they will stay until the work is completed. The Historical Society has stated that the Research Library will stay open for the duration of the repair work, since that's the most visited part of the museum. Yea!!! Now for the Surname Resource Page - Check out http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/ and see what's available at Rootsweb for you surnames. Please remember that these changes are brand new, and it's possible there are still some bugs lurking here and there. I've seen some new subs to the list in the last few weeks, so welcome to you! Please let us know who you are and what lines you're researching. And those of you who haven't posted in a while, let us hear from you, too. I'd like to see some life on this list! Rusty, I haven't heard from you in a while about the cemetery listings - anyone want to walk a cemetery in the county? Do it now before the heat comes. Oh - one more thing - in a weak moment, I agreed to be the editor for the Harrison County Genealogical Society's quarterly newsletter. Yikes!!! Edna promised lots of help, and I'll need that from you all, too. The next issue will come out in September, so be thinking about a short article you might write - or offer some suggestions for what you'd like to see in the newsletter. I have the software to set up the newsletter, but I need a lot of help in the content! Have a great weekend, and good luck with your research, Gail