PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE send me your family histories, queries, ancestral anecdotes, and anything else you might have related to our Merrill ancestors, genealogy research tips, genealogy instruction, or even a good joke once in a while. This newsletter has been lately published infrequently due to the scarcity of subscriber-submitted material for me to publish. Oh, how I need your help, my dear cousins! If you are not sure that your material would be acceptable, write to me at lilhall@mpinet.net, and ask, please. The offer of free subscriptions to submitting authors whose work is published is still in effect.
Our web host for the newsletter, Steve Merrill, to whom we are very grateful, is working hard to get all of the back issues online. These previous issues are FREE to access. Just go to
This is Steve's access page for all of the newsletters. When Steve's project is finished, you won't need a password to view our first 5 years of newsletters (Vol 1:1 through 5:4), plus a real treat: the November, 1940 issue of The Merrill Bulletin. The issues for the current volumes (6 and 7) will still be accessed by subscription only.
Many thanks to the authors published in this issue, Allen R. Merrill, Vicki Merrill Johnston, and, of course, our Query Experts, Howard and Jean. Vicki is now a new free first-time subscriber!
