This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/iUI.2ACIB/1934 Message Board Post: This message is intended for “amateur” researchers of John Chandler and his descendants. While corresponding with another researcher via private email, I was telling her of a booklet that I had in my files somewhere that might be of interest to her. I explained to her that the copy I had from the Research Center, I had loaned to my husband’s niece to read, but that I should have a scanned copy of it in my computer files or burned to a CD. I started thinking about the booklet and could not remember what all it was about, I remembered the part that I was interested in for my research at that time. I decided to see if I could find my copy in my files on the computer. I found it. The only problem is, I was teaching her how to use a scanner and decided to let her scan the booklet for me as practice; when she scanned the pages for me, 2 pages are scanned per page and half of the second page is cutoff. The cover page, which has the title and a handwritten address, is so light I can not read them, other pages are so blurry they are almost impossible to read. I did not proof her work, as I was not concerned at the time of losing the information: I just checked that she was getting the basics of how to scan. I immediately called her, explained the situation and she said that she would put the copy from the research center in the mail to me tomorrow. Because of copyright laws and respect for the author, I am only going to quote the first paragraph and the beginning portion of the second paragraph. " CHANDLER FAMILY I have tried in this sketch merely to give some brief account of our ancestors and nearest kin so that so that we may be able to trace our descent and relationships correctly and learn something of those whose blood flows in our veins. Descent from people of position and ability confers no privileges, but does impose obligations to keep a good name clean, to be worthy of honored ancestors, and to preserve the blood from unworthy alliances. The arrival of William the Conqueror on the shores of England in 1066 had among its followers a family by the name of "le Chaundeler" which was later Anglicized to the present day Chandler. There were several by this name who settled in the early 1600's in Massachusetts, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware................." As soon as I get the copy in the mail, I am going to write the author and ask for further assistance and if they will share information, documentation, records, etc. and if they would object to me giving their address or sharing the information or at least giving the name of the booklet and exactly where I obtained my copy from with the message board/list. My next concern is whether the address is still a valid mailing address, but I will cross that bridge when I get to it. There are other avenues to locate a contact address. I feel that since they donated the copy of the booklet to the Research Center, they may not object to assisting us. For those “amateur” researchers who would be interested in obtaining further information from this source, please contact me personally <jimair@ev1.net>. Please be patient, I do not know the length of time that it will take me to receive my copy in the mail and then to contact the author by mail. (This will be worse than a child waiting for Christmas anticipating what information may possibly be available for us.) PS, if this message comes through twice, my sincere apologies. Please disregard the first one, I was in the process of editing it when my screen went blank. With my knowledge of computers, I was able to retrieve the message I was working on and continue my editing, and I am now posting the edited version, which may still have errors due to my excitement over rediscovering this booklet.