Hello all, First, I should thank you all for the many years of friendship, encouragement, and education that you all have given me. So much laughter as well! I was looking through posts from the late 1990's that I'd written and you all had responded to. They brought tears to my eyes. I was so sweet remembering how John Coles and his daughters helped my (then) little girl, Jordan with her project on Cornwall. They are all grown up now! What great memories I have! You have also given me the courage to set a goal: to become a Board Certified Genealogist. It is not simple but I have a year to complete it, so I'm bouyed by the length of time, if just a bit. Have any of you ever taken this on? I'm in the US, so it is one of two certifying bodies here. Finally, in reading the sample cases (I need several case studies to complete my portfolio) many are from America and I've noticed that they cite books specific to family lines. For example, "The Richmond Family of Suchandso Massachusetts." (I made that up, in case you can't tell.) It seems that nearly every New England family has such books. Does Cornwall have such and I've overlooked them? The same is true about serious (as in peer-reviewed), professional, genealogical journals. Are there any specific to Cornwall (my chosen area of study)? If anyone has anything else to add, I'd love to hear it! Thanks in advance for any and all input that you can offer me. Fondly, Beth Marcheschi