Greetings to all, Today was our first day since our new list was launched and we already have 24 subscribers. I started the day off posting a notice on the Rice Genforum site and have since posted messages on the following VA GenConnect County sites: Goochland, Hanover, Louisa, New Kent, Prince Edward and Wythe. Would each of you please take a moment and post an announcement on the GenConnect County sites in the areas you are researching, advising them of our new list? This would be a tremendous help. Hopefully, as we gain subscribers, we will find other Rice researchers willing to share information. Please remember to advise them of the procedure to subscribe which is as follows: Send a message to Rice-Southern-L-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE contained in the body of the text. Your assistance in advertising our list will be very much appreciated. Martha Rice