Hi, subscribers: As automatically announced previously, RootsWeb will be down for planned maintenance beginning at 9 PM Pacific Standard Time on Friday, February 23 (12 Midnight Eastern Standard Time on 02/23-24; 05:00 GMT/UT 02/24). The duration of the maintenance is expected to be about 24 hours. It is better to BE a good ancestor than to FIND one. Take a descendant to do something fun. Remind yourselves why you picked the persons you did to "be ancestors with." For the younger crowd, maybe even work on the "being ancestors" part <grin>. If that person is no longer with you, remember them as they were at their best. Forgive someone who needs it (everybody does). Telephone a friend that you haven't talked to in ages. Perform random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty. Sleep in. Write a letter -- no, the other kind, ink on paper, that can be treasured for years. Take an *ancestor* to do something fun. For most of the suggested activities, please feel free to substitute aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, cousins, unrelated neighbors or friends, or people at the homeless shelter. Darrell Admin for VTGEN, VTCALEDO, VTLAMOIL, VTORANGE, VTWINDSO, MANORFOL FELCH, FORBUSH, HARTWELL, LAMSON, LOWER, NELSON, ROUSSEAU, and RUSSEAU [email protected]