I thought this might interest some of the other lists members also. Phyllis ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ILFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com, Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 14:28:34 GMT Subject: Re: Books info Recently I called (864) 233-2346 in SC and requested a catalog for Southern Historical Press, Inc. In this catalog there are Goodspeed books listed for sale plus other history books. I got the catalog within a few days after calling. Phyllis On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 08:25:59 -0600 ILFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com wrote: > Hi Joyce, > The name is Goodspeed, and it is the name of the man, that published > many county histories in the late 1800's. They were a lot like the > county histories done today, in that, they had biographies of, many of > the prominent families of the county, in them. I have never been able to > discover whether this featured families paid to have their information > in them, or not. But, they HAVE great clues and some even have fairly > good evidence, in them. Most larger libraries have them. Not all > counties of all states were done. And, I don't know if Franklin Co., > Ill. was one, or not. > Hope this helps a little. > Sue > redbird wrote: > > > > I know that several times a book has been mentioned here....Godspeed > Book?? > Is this the name of it and could someone explain what this or > these books > are about. > > Joyce Bullard McEntire > > Oklahoma