Jean Gora, the editor of these letters, is a third-generation summer resident of Middle Bass Island. In her professional life, she has worked as an editor; she is currently manager of research for a life insurance industry trade association. She is an occasional contributor of historical information about the Lake Erie islands to the Internet site of Middle Bass on the Web www.middlebass.org run by her husband, Michael Gora. She has also written a column called, The Cyber Islander, which appeared periodically in the "Put-in-Bay Gazette."