In a message dated 7/11/2000 7:58:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time, woodside@bicnet.net writes: << Hmmmm - And just who will volunteer to do the scrutinizing? And just who would determine what sources would be considered acceptable? (I can see a serious issue brewing before this is off the drawing board.) And I'm not sure scrutiny and judgment should be the spirit of a family website. >> Barbara, I was not talking about individual lines that may be posted. Anyone can put whatever data they want in their lines! That is their right. BUT, if you want a site that is historically accurate, you have to admit that it be checked and rechecked. I don't plan on questioning your pedigree or anyone else's for that matter. I was talking about a data bank, you know, like Ancestry, Family Search, RootsWeb. You get the idea? In it would go the research information that we all find. As for what is considered acceptable, that's quite simple. Old records, of course, birth, death, probate, land, civil and (God forbid) criminal, Military, news articles, books of good historical repute, but not considered, would be, "Old Uncle Nate said" and "it circulated throughout the family" etc. (Hearsay) To not recheck and determine the accuracy of our facts would not be in the true sprit of Genealogy, and that is what we are about. I did not enter into this discussion to start an argument, but to offer a viable solution. A Washburn society is also viable, but, I fear, that no one would settle on a site to meet. The Organization could still exist and prosper well with the use of what we have become reliant on -- the computer and the Internet. I bid you all well and hope a solution that pleases the majority is forthcoming. Mac