Thank you Os Cresson for yet again sharing your knowledge of the Coats/Coates family resources. I appreciate you taking the time to confirm what I suspected was the book's subject and saving me a few dollars on my book order (always grateful for saved $$). Susan note to list - I forgot to mention that the 4 books mentioning the Coates surname were - "Thomas Coates, Eng. to Pa, 1683, &; the Coates fam. in Phila City Dir, 1785-1901" 43p. "Coates Genealogy of Moses & Susanna Coates, who settled in Penn in 1717 & their descendants" by T. Coates 319p. / 1906 "Swedish Holsteins in America 1644 to 1892" by A. M. Holstein 305p./ 1892 "Coates Family Memorials & Recollections; or Aunt Mary's Patchwork" by Mary Coates 171+34p. / 1885 Is anyone on the list familiar with the last book (1885 by Mary Coates) and could let me know which Coates family it covers? I have found that although many of the earlier published books did not have the advantage of the internet they did have access to family members who could share their first hand knowledge of family history and documentation. Thanks, Susan osborn cresson wrote: >Susan, yes you are probably right about the Higginson Books offering >since the full title of the monograph about Thomas Coates and Beulah >Jacques (by Henry T. Coates, 1897) is "Thomas Coates who removed from >England to the Province of Pennsylvania, 1683". It is only 27 pages so >the extra pages are probably a copy of city directories as the listing >suggests. >Os Cresson > > >