I have 3 Columns of ULs each a Dynamic UL container that can have anywhere from 0-9 LI containers (eventually more). All my LI elements have an attribute rel which I am trying to ultimately find that attribute and use it for something else on all LI elements within that parent DIV. I do eventually want to find more based on each but for not the very least the rel.. Any Ideas how I can achieve that with jQuery? Example:

<ul id=column1>

   <li rel=1>Info</li>

   <li rel=2>Info</li>

   <li rel=3>Info</li>

</ul>

<ul id=column2>

   <li rel=4>Info</li>

   <li rel=5>Info</li>

   <li rel=6>Info</li>

</ul>

<ul id=column3>

   <li rel=7>Info</li>

   <li rel=8>Info</li>

   <li rel=9>Info</li>

</ul>

these elements are all sortable as well. So when I get a list of them I want to also keep them in the order they were found from top to bottom of each column.

I have tried find(), parent(), and similar, maybe I am approaching it wrong. But its still worth mentioning to help come up with an idea