: Adrienne , Thank you so very much for your offer to look up my ancestors.. If the Barfied family has tied up this book, then Harris County need to publish a book that can be shared a whole County shouldn't ahave to depend on one Lady's book, which is tied up with the family and can't be published again, because the value of their book will go down. Mrs. Barfield has taken information from all the ancestors of Harris and other Counties and blocked it so it can't be used with out their permission. What is written in the book doesn't belong to Mrs. Barfield and her daughter, the information is public information she has gathered. So therefore I feel ( and this in my opinion only)the daughter should release her mother's book and give it back to Harris County so it can be published and shared. Judge Jordan's History of Talbot, " There was a Land" has been a Blessing. It's affordable and it great History and it's on sale to those who are researching their ancestors. Again, this is my opinion, I feel Mrs. Barfield's daughter or family should release our ancestors and let the Book be published and those who want to buy the book take their ancestors home and read about them and write and mark certain pages. This you can't do in a Library Book. It would be nice for Mrs Barfield's daughter to let our ancestors go. People before Mrs Barfield researched these ancestors the information she gathered came from the research others before her. Genealogy is about sharing. It is my hopes that Mrs. Barfield's daughter will hand over the rights to Harris County to have the book publish and sold and shared with those who are researching their ancestors. Thanks again for offering to look ups my ancestors., you are very kind. This is what Genealogy is all about. Sandra