Greetings, Kaycelou, and welcome. You wrote:

<<that's a mouthful...converted all of my iras to roth iras in '98. question: can i roll over a cash roth ira (about $8,500 at my credit union...long story) into another roth ira (Van Kampen Pace Fund)? read that rollover contributions have to remain of the same type??? can i convert the cash to stock in the roth to roth rollover?

i'm a new fool, so i'll check on the index funds and the pace fund...maybe i need to convert the cash roth to a new roth altogether with new stocks, if i can.
didn't find this addressed in your series on roths.>>

If that money is in a Roth at your credit union, you may have it transferred to another Roth IRA at a broker of your choice. Once it's there, you may trade in stocks at will. If you want to stick with mutual funds, just have it transferred to a Roth IRA with the fund of your choice. Either way, all you have to do is contact the broker/fund and they will tell you how to get it done.

Regards..Pixy