Jeanne Holder wrote: "There IS an index for both Vol. 106 and 107 of McCracken's material. I have it. Jeanne" - - - - - - - - - - - Jeanne, thank you for reminding us. There is an index for the entire Vol 106 and another index for the entire Vol 107. One can use those two for the indexes for Barton. If one buys the CD-ROM of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, one gets the indexes for each of the volumes in addition to an overall index for all volumes. If one buys a bound volume, the index for that volume is part of the book. However, if one buys individual back issues, then it is necessary to buy the first issue of the next year to get that index. For example, if a person buys the four issues for 1953 (Vol 107), and if one wants the index for those four issues, then it is necessary to buy the January 1954 issue to get the 1953 index. Using the two indexes to look-up Barton names is ok. But almost half the names in a genealogy are other surnames. And the indexes are all the surnames in the two volumes, not just the surnames in the McCracken article. Hence, for example, one cannot look in the index to see if there is a Hudson in the Barton article, because if there is a Hudson, or are several Hudsons, then one has to look each one up only to find they are in other articles. Then to the index for the other volume and repeat the drill. All in all, the volume indexes are not great. But they are better than nothing.