The Robertson County RootsWeb Site at www.rootsweb.com/~txrober2 continues to expand. Mary Kathryn Spiller Briggs' "The Irish of Staggers Point" book was placed online yesterday thanks to the efforts of volunteer Harold Walker. A new "chat feature" has also been added to the welcome page. While this feature might be used for general discussions, family researchers may wish to schedule online chats to compare notes about Robertson County-related research (and save on long distance charges). Lots more information is on the way. Volunteers are working on the Wheelock, Bremond, & Calvert City Cemetery lists. Other volunteers are typing/scanning two books: "Ghost Towns of Robertson County" & "History of Robertson County" (a 1931 University of Texas master's thesis by Lawrence Ward St. Clair that most researchers have not seen). Others are working to bring Robertson County's Immigration & Naturalization records as well as the county's Divorce records online. Since census data is so important to genealogy research, I recently purchased copies of the actual census records for the years 1850, 1860, 1870, & 1880. Early next year, the original handwritten census data for these years will be available online at the Robertson County site. The site already contains a typed list of 1840 census names and a typed transcript of the 1850 census. Another volunteer is busy working on typing/scanning an 1860 census transcript that was produced by Mary Collie-Cooper. Other projects are in the offing and lots more needs to be done. If you'd like to volunteer to adopt a cemetery or to help in any way, please go to volunteer opportunities or contact me at genealogy@usablenews.com. Thanks. Kent Brunette 2700 Q Street, N.W., Suite 241, Washington, DC 20007 202.342.9032 (phone), 202.342.9033 (fax), usablenews.com