This is from Dick Eastman's Genealogy Newsletter. Since a lot of ancestors lived in this area I though some might be interested even though it is not inexpensive. - Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Quarterly on CD-ROM GenQuest, Inc. has announced a new CD-ROM disk for both Windows and Macintosh will soon be available. You can order it now for a discounted "pre-publication offer." Here is the announcement: The Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Quarterly, volumes 1-24 And Other Select Publications for Macintosh And Windows The Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society and GenQuest, Inc. of Pittsburgh, PA are excited to announce the availability of volumes 1-24 of the society's publication. Also included are all 7 volumes of Allegheny county naturalizations, 1798-1906 and 3 volumes of Lists and Indexes to the Legal, Court and Municipal Records of Allegheny County. As members we now have the opportunity to be able to search all these volumes quicker and more comprehensively than ever before. Especially, the quarterlies for which there is no comprehensive index. CONTENTS The Quarterly Issues of the quarterlies contain marriage records, family histories, church membership rolls, church histories, marriage and death notices from area newspapers, family Bible records, land records, tax lists, cemetery transcriptions, articles pertaining to Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War combatants and PA regiments, etc. from the various counties comprising Western Pennsylvania: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mckean, Mercer, Somerset, Venango, Warren and Westmoreland. The Naturalizations These volumes contain the names of the 60,960 emigrants, the date filed in the Prothonotary's office of Allegheny county, the country or kingdom of birth, date of declaration of Intent and Petition, the date of final papers and the sponsor. In some cases the residence at the time of final naturalization is given along with the port and date of entry and the age of the emigrant. Legal, Court and Municipal Records These volumes contain abstractions or lists compiled from many different record groups, which though obscure are important. One of the best examples are the naturalizations from the mayors court in volume two, which supplement county's early records. Examples of other records in these publications are Allegheny City Arrest records, 1891-1896, Births and Deaths in Allegheny County Home, 1885-1904, Births and Deaths in the Allegheny City Home, 1871-1904, etc. What can you do with this database? * You can use it on a Windows or Macintosh computer. * You can fully search all text for names, places or any word. * View a graphic of the original page. * Print pages with full citations. * Highlight text and bookmark spots for future use. * Make notes in the margins and save them for future use. System Requirements The software is designed to run on a Macintosh or Power Macintosh (System 7 or higher) or an IBM compatible running Windows 3.1, Windows 95 or Windows 98. GenQuest recommends 16 MB of RAM for either system and at least a 4X CD-ROM drive. The CD-ROM price is $85.00 for orders received before October 15, 1998. After that date the price will be $99.95. I noticed that the company's Web site says the discount expired on July 31, 1998, but in an e-mail to me this week the company owner listed the date as October 15, 1998. Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society members can obtain an additional discount. For more information, look at: http://www.genquest.com/catalog.html Cheryl Rothwell clrothwell@mindspring.com Logan County, ILGenWeb, coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Logan County mailing list> LOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Downing mailing list> DOWNING-L@rootsweb.com