To all WRG'ers: What a wonderful resource we have in Robert Ward and Tim Doyle! Not only are they the hardest working people around, but they are also the most selfless -- giving their time and expertise to all of us. It humbles me to look at all the things that they have done for us and hear about still another effort that they have begun. There is no doubt whatsoever in my mind that they will carry this new project to fruition, and that it will benefit us all -- particularly those who are still looking for that "one connection" that will tie themselves into all the rest of us, or those who have in all good faith gone down a wrong road. I can cite myself as an example of the latter. Not long after I bought the big CD set of all the MA Vital Records from Search ReSearch, I began trying to cite sources for every date, place and relationship that existed in our collective database that Jon Aston had been gathering and maintaining. In so doing, I would make some assumptions based on the fact that these records showed that two people who were listed as married were, in fact, the two people of those names who were children in families from that town who were of the proper age to marry. I would venture to guess that 80% to 90% of these assumptions were correct, but I can't prove them from other sources (like a will of a bride's father or other of that ilk), and what's even worse, I had no way of knowing which 10% to 20% were incorrect assumptions. Fortunately, some of these have later been confirmed through the work that Robert and Tim have done. Their new project will undoubtedly find and correct some others. We are really lucky to have the two of them, and I cannot say so often enough. Happy Hunting! Allan E. Green (one of the originals from the days when we all had to keep track of who was on the WRG mailing list by checking the headers every day) ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour