Monday I had one of those great experiences that only genealogy can bring. I traveled to Rockingham Co. to do some cemetery snooping. On the way I decided to stop by Bridgewater College and personally thank Terry Barkley the archivist at the Alexander Mack Library for some work he had done for me. I had not met Terry personally but we had e-mailed a few times. He turned out to be the most accommodating and friendly person that one can emagine. He personally showed me the Special Collections section of the Library and kept me supplied all morning long with genealogically related books on my family. The Special Collections section at Bridgewater College is much larger than the collection at the Rockingham Harrisonburg Historical Soceity and it's electronically indexed! They have a website which you can use to get to the electronic card index and also it will link you to the library at James Madison Univ. and the Univ. of Virginia. In the afternoon Terry serves as the Curator for the Reuel B. Pritchett Museum on campus in the basement of Cole Hall (every building on campus is only a five minute walk from the library). Going through the museum is a nice little break after you've been pouring over family histories for four hours. I can only tell you that going to the Library at Bridgewater College needs to be a "must" on your list of things to do when you're in the Valley. The exposure to the friendliness and generosity of Mountain Valley people was a rewarding experience. I definitely plan to go back. By the way, I never got to the cemetery. Here's their website. <A HREF="http://www.bridgewater.edu/departments/library/library.html">Alexande r Mack Memorial Library Home Page</A> Sincerely Tracy Hunter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My HUNTER family http://members.aol.com/th3978/index.html In Augusta Co., Va - HUNTER, GOOD, BOYERS, LANDES, LOWMAN, BAKER, RIMEL In Rockingham Co., Va - HUNTER, SITES, SMITH, BOWMAN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~