Since I've had about ten people ask me how to "do" an inter-library loan I thought I'd send a short "how-to" to the list, in case there are others who aren't familiar with the process. It's a marvelous service that you should take advantage of every chance you get. As far as I know (and I've worked in various libraries over the past 20 years), public libraries in this country should be able to get you any book you want from another library if they don't have it in theirs. Obviously, out-of-print or rare books might not fall into this catagory and many libraries don't let much of their genealogy/special interest history books go out of their buildings. Try ordering them anyway. The worst the library can do is say no. To order a book that your library doesn't have, all you should have to do is go to the front desk at your local library and ask for an Inter-Library Loan (ILL) request form. Library staff love it if you have all the information about a book (title, author, publishing co, year printed, ISBN etc) but should be able to look up all that if you don't know it. Fill it out and sit back and wait for the library to call you when the book comes in. Some libraries charge postage or other fees, some don't charge anything. They should advise you of any costs before you order any book. If they don't, ask. The turnaround time for receiving an ILL book can vary greatly. In SC it used to take at least a month, sometimes two, between the time I requested a book and the time I had it in my hands. Here in NC I got my last books less than two weeks after I requested them and they came from IL. For those of you who might think otherwise, there are *a lot* of people on this list who are researching their Woodford Co families. Before I posted my lookup offer, I thought maybe this list was so quiet because there were only a few people signed on. Not so. I urge you all to send your queries to the list so that everyone can see who you're interested in. You should, as I have, run into some really swell people that way and you just may find a cousin or two. Amy Robbins-Tjaden atjaden@mindspring.com