Along with agreeing with Chuck for a "formal" organization of a Washburn Family Association, I am also in agreement with Lee's following proposal. I belong to a MyFamily site that handles the ancestors of only one particular segment of a very large family organization and each day I have been amazed to look upon photos submitted of great-greats that I thought I'd never see in my lifetime, meet new cousins that only lived 20 miles away, never realizing it, and meeting for coffee, making plans for family reunions, you name it...it's a idea really worth looking into. It can give everyone on your listings a focal point. Lyn C. -----Original Message----- From: Lee Drew <ldrew@xmission.com> To: WASHBURN-L@rootsweb.com <WASHBURN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 4:16 PM Subject: Washburn Organization >While the work / discussion of creating a Washburn Organization continues, >has anyone considered setting up a Washburn Cousins site on MyFamily.com? >I'm not aware of one in existance. If it doesn't exist, I heartily recommed >its creation. I administer 15 sites for other family groups and they have >proven to be very successful in bringing the group together, sharing info, >photos, files, etc. as well as using the voice and text chats to coordinate >research efforts. It is that it is free and username and password protected >but the best part is that you are able to easily chat with cousins you'd >probably never meet in your daily life regardless of where they / you live >in the world. > >Lee Drew >ldrew@xmission.com