http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/mars.htm This is a tremendous site...if they have the records in here, you can actually look at an index of the records via names...I went to Caswell County NC, I'm not familiar with how this works, so I have no idea how I go there...but I found an index for all of Caswell County NC land grants by name...I still haven't figured out where the microfilm number is...but just being able to see and index sure helps...there were no Coate, Coates or Coats lists...I did see a Cates... Char___________________________________________________________ Get more from your time online. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com