Sue, Thanks very much for Jim Cady's e-mail address and information on his books. I really appreciate it! Susan -----Original Message----- From: Suzanne Frantz <suzyfrtz@tir.com> To: CADY-L@rootsweb.com <CADY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 9:21 AM Subject: [CADY-L] Fw: Cady Genealogy Books >Here is a message from Jim Cady with information about his books that I >received privately--I don't believe he's on our list although I wrote to >him about it. Anyway, here's his e-dress. > >Sue >---------- >> From: JCady4100@aol.com >> To: suzyfrtz@tir.com >> Subject: Cady Genealogy Books >> Date: Monday, April 19, 1999 11:09 PM >> >> Dear Sue, >> >> Thanks for your recent email concerning the puerchase of one of my Cadu >> Genealogy Books. Sorry to be slow in replying. I was out of town three >days >> last week attending the retirement festivities of a friend of mine >retiring >> as Registrar from the Baptist University where I seerved for several >years as >> Academic Vice Prersident. I am still digging out from under the pile >> resulting grom my beigout of town. >> >> Yes, I have some of my books left, about 50 of both the 1991 Cady >Genealogy >> and the 1995 supplement. The 1991 800-page book is $50 plus $3 mailing >fee. >> The 1995 200-page spplement is $40 plus $2 mailing fee. If you want to >> purchase one or both of my books, send me your check in the proper amount >and >> I will send your book(s) by return mail. >> >> Information about my books: >> >> The 1910 book Cady Genealogy by Orrin Peer Allen was a good book to be >> compiled with only an old manual typewriter, but there had been no >updates of >> new Cadys for the last eighty years until I published my 1991 book Cady >> Genealogy Revised and Updated. As the name implies, I revised the >material >> in Allen's book into a more readable outline so a person can trace a >family >> line backwards or forwards by simply following the outline form and not >> having to jump all around in the Allen book as one must do to trace a >family >> line. I used about 5,000 names in Allen's books as a starting platform >and >> built my revised book on them, developing a network of over 200 >contributors >> from all over the 48 states, Hawaii and France, all of whom gave me an >> additional 8,000 Cady or Cady related names for my book, making my 1991 >> 800-page book contain 13,051 Cady and/or Cady related names. There are >many >> thousands still out there unaccouted for, and I'm gradually building a >data >> base for future publication as I acquire more and more Cady names and >> information. >> >> Complicating my search for Cadys was the fact that I upgraded computers >> three times from the original, old Commodor 64 that I used to publish my >> first book. I am now running a new Inteva, Pentium 2, with 2.99 GB hard >drive >> computer with all the bells and whistles (under the supervision of my son >who >> designed it all and carried me along as I upgraded). So I'm set for >good >> with hardware. I am using no market software, just developed my own >format >> for easier and better tracing of family lines. >> >> After I published in 1991, material continued to pour in, and I >accumulated >> so much that I had to publish a 200-page, 4,000 name book in 1995 to >> contain it all. I'm gradually builiding up material for another >supplement >> sometime down the road. I am currently toying with the idea of a Y2K >> publishing year. >> >> Best wishes to you in your genie searching, >> >> Jim Cady >> 4100 Pecos Ave >> Texarkana, TX 75503-2860 >> 903 791 6290 >> email: JCady4100@aol.com >> >> >> >