Time for a reminder to WARD researchers. Especially new members of the WARD Mailing List. Our online database now contains over 20,000 descendants, including spouses and their parents, of William WARD, born about 1603. He emigrated to Massachusetts about 1638. All the 10,746 descendants, their families, and associated data, in "The William Ward Genealogy" by Martyn, 1925, are there. It was published by Artemas Ward, 1848-1925, and updates the work of his uncle, Andrew Henshaw Ward, who published the "Ward Family" in 1851. Andrew also published "A History of the Town of Shrewsbury," which appeared in 1847, and the "Rice Family", 1858. Additionally, there have been several valuable contributions made through Fidonet and Internet e-mail contacts. Most additions and corrections made recently have come from those who found their relatives as a result of the database being online and indexed in several places. Those that have been included, have other reasonably reliable sources. The records of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, while having been a valuable starting point in some cases for some researchers, HAVE NOT knowingly been used in this effort except when separate independent verification has been made. There are 5,406 WARDs and over a hundred individuals with the surnames FAY, SMITH, CLARK, RICE, BRIGHAM, BROWN, NEWTON, RICHARDSON and TAYLOR. And just over 3,000 other surnames. I have also added several of my other direct ancestral lines, many reaching back to the 1600's in New England. I am in the process linking these families together where I can. There are more details on my web page and under the notes of William Ward, born 1603. Most of William's descendants that we have records for, stayed in the northern states with some going to Canada about the time of the Revolutionary War. After the war we have a few that went south too, but not many. Much later, they are found everywhere. There are also 21 people with the surname WARD that are not descended from William, as far as we know. At least a few of these must link with other WARD lines. This data base, which now includes the illustrations from Martyn's book, can be accessed from my web site at http://www3.telus.net/robertkline/ The greatest amount of work on this database was done by Robert Nelson Ward <rnward@nbnet.nb.ca> and Craig Beeman <crb@ponyexpress.net>. Recently, hundreds of names have been added by sharing among dozens of distant relatives. We hope this project will prove to be reasonably accurate and, at the very least, helpful to WARD researchers and others. The report of any errors, omissions or conflicts is welcome. Additions are especially welcome Happy surfing. Robert Kline email: robertkline@telus.net 1079 Walalee Dr. Phone: 604-657-0134 Delta, BC, Canada, V4M 2L9 Web page: http://www3.telus.net/robertkline/