Hi List, If you're searching your Fuller ancestors in New England as I am I'm sure you have heard of James Savage's "A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England" more commonly known simply as "Savage", and you've probably used it in your search for New England ancestors. I've found many of my early Colonial ancestors in that set of books. It's likely you used a copy at a library, like I have, or possibly you own a set. Unfortunately the set is again out of print, in paper version that is. Now there are two ways you can use Savage's Dictionary, both in electronic form, one on CD that you can purchase and one that you can access online. The online version is located at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/ and is oddly entitled "Image Map Page". Once you get past that look in the middle of the page for Volumes 1 through 4 which the user can click on to get to the meat and potatoes of the site. Volume 1 contains an introductory page, a preface, and a list of abbreviations. The user should become familiar with the abbreviations as they are used throughout the volume just as they were in the original print version. Please be aware that the data in these Volumes were transcribed by humans and formatted in HTML for our ease of use so there may be errors. I do not see a link to where one might report errors other than the standard e-mail contact link(s). As example some of my own ancestral names can be found at this site. Joseph Merry can be found about midway down the page at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk3/meriam-middleton.htm; Some Dyers can be seen at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk2/dunen-earl.htm but unfortunately I haven't traced my Dyer line back far enough to find an original progenitor here; My John Washburn can be seen about 2/3 the way down at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk4/warren-waterhouse.htm; and my Richard Sylvester (spelled Silvester in those days) can be found part way down at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk4/sigourney-skeath.htm. The site is great! My only request for improvement would be to make the links to pages turn color, such as the standard violet, after visiting them. This would make it easier to keep track of which pages I have already visited. Otherwise the site is great and seems to be thorough based on comparison with some photocopied pages I have of the print version. The CD version of Savage is better described in an article found at http://genealogyblog.com/united-states-research/new-england/a-genealogical-dictionary-of-the-first-settlers-of-new-england-5377. The article gives a short biography of James Savage and describes the methods with which Savage gathered the data. A link in the article takes you to the site where one can purchase the CD. The data on the CD is in PDF format requiring the download of Acrobat Reader a free reader. Note that I have no financial interest in the sale of the CD nor am I interested the number of clicks received at the site of the online version. Best of luck researching your ancestors wherever you do your searching. Regards, David Sylvester A Maiser-Rootsweb Listowner since 1996 http://www.feliixplace.com/genealogylists/ 28 North Searsport Road Searsport, Maine 04974 Free Genealogy -- Roots should be shared.