In a message dated 7/3/2007 10:58:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I have been told, through another list, that Robert "Matthew" Cowan is a spammer attempting to sell at a high price materials that are available cheaper or free through the Library of Congress or elsewhere. I have only sent for an old survey map, from reputable companies. You can get a lot of stuff if you have a local LDS church near you for free. Just remember photo copies of origianal documents are the most accurate, also the original guy 100 pus years ago could of made a mistake too. I have seen my own family name, of course Crawford spelled differently in different documents. Don't get taken in by even a lot of legitimate companies, because if you ask around and look long enough you can usually find a nice person who will copy a couple of pages out of a book you need so you don't have to spend big money for some big book. Also watch the people who want all your info and help saying it will always be free. I did some volunteer software work online and also gave my research out and years later I find it "For Sale" online. Also free if you look around. Sorry this got long. I don't have the time I used to, to do as much as I would like to anymore. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~Thomas ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.