Augusta, VA Rooters: Well, ya'll.... every good thing must come to.... Good News & Bad news::: Good: I've found another SHINOE researcher/distant-cousin, who has helped me find a more precise Virginia location on our SHINOE ancestry, for which I'd been searching, a looooooong time! Yaaaahhhoooo! Wish me gobs of good-luck on this line? I'll need every lil bit. Bad: It's not Augusta region, or what this list covers. I will be unsubbing, at least for now, to focus on Shenandoa/WV border region. I found this "cousin" of mine via the "Common Treads" gensource.com query board. The board is dedicated to "brick-wall" and or "unusual-surnames". I have their searchable data-base linked to my Genealogy site (see signature). I thought it only fair to mention it and give Deb Kinnear & company the credit, because this line has been one of my biggest challenges. Boy, this list has been very helpful and informative! What a wonderful group of folks! I've enjoyed all the history, research tips and anecdotal vignettes! I want to THANK YOU for sharing, and wish you ALL the best genealogical and other successes! I'll see some of you on the other lists! Norma Lewis: I never received a response from you regarding your IMBODEN info. I guess my post got lost amongst all the replies to your long surname post--a couple months ago. The lady for whom I was inquiring has IMBODEN folk from Alsace-Lorraine. Her email addy is UMickey@aol.com Hope you two can combine your data for further enrichment of the IMBODEN story! Best of luck there. See you occasionally on the B-W list. I've enjoyed reading your posts, thanks! :-) Susi, THANK YOU for suggesting this list, and all the other gene-help you lend so generously. What a well-educated, colorful group of folk these are! I owe you and many of the group a debt of gratitude for enriching my empirical knowledge and appreciation for this region and it's glorious, rich history! Much love for that. See ya in the AoL-gene-haunts! <wg> Perhaps I'll find some lines crossing back into Augusta, in future, and will gladly resub to this great list. Regardless:::::::: Special THANKS to our Listowner! Ya'll continue to be resourceful and kind to each other--behave your genealogical selves!! Don't forget to Document Your Own Generation! & Most of all.........ENJOY THE JOURNEY !! !! God Bless! _-_-_ Terra Lux Nor. California e-mail: DLux2BlueH - AoL Unum1DLux@hotmail.com - Internet IRC: DLux2 - rootsweb.org, dalnet, newnet, undernet & others. ICQ: 22006125 - (rarely, due to software conflicts/bugs!) Web: DLux Genealogy "Unum" Family Heritage Home! URL: http://members.aol.com/dlux2blueh/Unum.html -_-_-