Hello, I'm very pleased to announce that the Middletown, Rutland County, VT. section of the Vermont Web Site has been expanded and now includes the complete text of "History of the Town of Middletown" (pages 641 - 665) from the "History of Rutland County Vermont: With Illustrations & Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men And Pioneers", edited by H. Y. Smith & W. S. Rann, Published 1886. By the way, within this section, there is a very entertaining chapter, entitled "THE WOODS SCRAPE." "This affair (it having been generally termed "the Woods scrape"), occurred in Middletown about the year 1800, and deserves brief mention here; our account being drawn from the very careful investigations made by judge Barnes FRISBIE. The WOOD families were early settlers of the town and came from Bennington; some of them were in this town as early as 1782 and were originally from Norwich, Conn. In 1800 they were more numerous here than the people of any other name in the town . . . . " The Middletown, Rutland County, VT page is accessible from the main gateway page, by clicking on the "Latest Additions" button (located in the middle of the page): http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/VERMONTGATEWAY.html Best wishes and good luck with your search, Karima List Administrator Vermont Discussion List http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/VermontWelcome.html Visit the VERMONT-L Web Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/