I enjoy this list and in particular watching as the regular contributors move from subject to subject to share their experience and knowledge, especially with those who are obviously new to genealogy. We all had to learn the ropes once, and what a great job these people do! Now, while book searching is one of the current subjects, I have been trying to track down a rare book: "The Shooting Directory," written by Richard Badham Thornhill and published in 1804. All I want from this book is the frontisportrait of the author. Abebooks had the book for sale once but I couldn't afford 1,500 English pounds, especially as it would have cost more with Aussie exchange rates! I will happily pay a fee and costs if someone could get me just a photocopy of this portrait. I've written to the Mallow and Duhallow societies but they didn't reply to my e-mails so I assume they don't have a copy. If all else fails I'll ask a researcher to check out the National Library and other libraries and also try libraries in England, but in the meantime if someone can access a copy of this book I will be eternally grateful. Also, re Casey discussions: We have used these volumes extensively for our north east Cork research and we stick to the golden rule of always backing up all info with one or more other sources. We have used deeds, will extracts and will indices, certificates, Griffith's valuations, newspapers, graveyard records, parish registers, sharing info with other descendants etc etc., and we have found Casey to be reliable. I am aware that some our "other sources" are probably the same ones that Casey and his helpers accessed in the first place, but at least by finding them for ourselves we know that the information was copied correctly. Regards to all, Judie Morris, Victoria, Australia.