At the end of August 2010 I cease being the moderator of record for Va-Roots and turn that responsibility over to my colleague Gregg Kimball. I shall continue to be a subscriber and will continue to take part in the discussions on this list, of which I was an original subscriber. Va-Roots was the first electronic discussion group for Virginia genealogy, so far as I know. John Kneebone, Elizabeth Roderick, and the late Daphne Gentry, all then of the Library of Virginia, created Va-Roots in July 1995, and I took part in hosting the list with them until Daphne Gentry retired in August 1999. From then until January 2009 my colleague and friend Rose Schooff shared moderation of the list with me and managed all of the technical details, in which she was succeeded by the library's Doc Frank. I thank all of them. Brent Tarter The Library of Virginia [log in to unmask] Please visit the Library of Virginia's Web site at http://www.lva.virginia.gov To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html