>From - Mike Disbrow, list owner Subject - availability of Thomas Disbrow books and CDs I've just finished putting Part Two of Thomas Disbrow Descendants on CD, so both volumes are now available that way. I also have about 15 hardcover copies of Part Two, for which I've lowered the price to $20 plus postage. For those of you who may not know about these books, here is a description of them: The Descendants of Thomas & Mercy (Holbridge) Disbrow Compiled by Michael S. Disbrow Thomas Disbrow, progenitor of a large number of descendants in the U. S. and Canada, was a resident of Compo, the western part of Fairfield, Connecticut, and died there in 1707. His wife was the widow, Mercy (Holbridge) Nichols, by whom Thomas had one son, named Thomas Jr. Thomas Jr. married Abigail Godwin and was the father of seven children, five sons and two daughters, each of whom married and had families. These two volumes trace many lines of the descendants of Thomas and Mercy Disbrow down through, in some cases, the thirteenth generation. They were assembled using many original sources, including town and county records, cemetery inscriptions, census and military records, probate files, published histories, and the compiled research results of scores of Thomas's and Mercy's descendants. Part 1, originally published in 1992 (revised and republished in 1996) starts out with a chapter on the Desborough surname and its origins and early records in England. We then briefly examine the records of the earliest persons of our surname to have come to the New World and what we know about them. After these opening chapters the book gets into what is known of our ancestor, Thomas Disbrow, and delves into some of the possibilities concerning his origins. Transcripts of Thomas's probate records are included. The next chapter concerns Mercy (Holbridge) Disbrow, her early life, and the tragic events of her imprisonment and court trial on charges of practicing witchcraft, which took place in Fairfield in 1692 (the same year as the infamous Salem trials). Included are transcripts of some of the original testimony from the trial. The following chapter on Thomas Disbrow, Jr., includes a floor plan of the old Greens Farms church, showing the Thomas Disbrow family pew, probate r! ecords, and a map of the distribution of Thomas's estate among his children and heirs. Each chapter from this point on includes one generation of the Disbrow descendants. The children of Thomas Disbrow, Jr., comprise the third generation, their children the fourth generation, and so forth. This volume lists the first six generations of descendants. The information that is included on each person varies greatly depending on how much we could find out from original records, or from records of their descendants. The dates and the places of birth, death, and marriage are included for most of them, and also the same data for their spouse(s). A list of their children follows, with a numbering system that allows you to follow the children from one generation to the next. Other types of information that the book includes are: census data, military data, residences and removals, land records, gravestone inscriptions, wills, obituaries, and any other type of informative data we could find. Each family is individually referenced and the book has a complete all-name index! . Hardcover on acid-free paper. 352 pages. [Availability: The hardcover edition of Part One is sold out. It is available on CD (in both MS Word and text versions on one CD) for $15 postpaid.] Part 2, published in 1996, takes up where Part 1 leaves off, starting with the seventh generation of Thomas & Mercy Disbrow's descendants, and carrying the lines on down (in many cases) to the present day (1996). This volume contains a special chapter of Additions and Corrections to Part 1, along with a skeletal listing of every member of the first six generations for reference. This book is also completely referenced and indexed. Hardcover on acid-free paper. 375 pages. [Availability: There is a limited number of hardcover copies still available. Cost is $20 plus your choice of postage ($3, $6 or $9 depending on class). Also available now on CD (in both MS Word and text versions on one CD) for $15 postpaid.] Send check or money order, specifying which volume you want to: Michael S. Disbrow 11413 East 20 Road Manton, MI 49663-9444