All, I recently purchased a copy of the Commemorative Biographies of Hartford County, Connecticut published by J.H Beers of Chicago in 1901. It contains biographical information which may be of interest to some Connecticut researchers. There are about 1500 pages of material. I have transcribed a few entries so far and posted them on our homepage at < http://hakmiller.rootsweb.com/ > in the Documents section. They may, of course, be screen captured. The posted entries presently include all of the COLLINS biographies in the book, some of the COWLES biographies. and (as yet) none of the WEST biographies. In a week or so, I will have completed all of these transcriptions and posted them. Among the three COLLINS entries is one tracing descent from John Collins in the early 1600s in England to the Collins in Hartford County of the late 1800s. Among the COWLES entries posted so far is one tracing descent from John Cowles (d. 1675) to Walter Goodman Cowles (b. 1857). The biographies I've mentioned are of special interest to us and are all I plan to post. However, I'm willing to do look-ups of other surnames; my email address is in my signature. Karl Email: karlh@concentric.net Homepage: http://hakmiller.rootsweb.com/