Subscribers to Va-Hist and Va-Roots will have noticed an interruption in our electronic conversations. The e-mail server at the Library of Virginia went on the fritz sometime Thursday evening, 8 December. I have just now (4:00 o'clock, Friday afternoon) been informed that service is resuming and that the backlog of messages will commence to dribble out. Patientce. Brent Tarter The Library of Virginia [log in to unmask] Visit the Library of Virginia's web site at http://www.lva.lib.va.us To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html