Quite a momumental undertaking is the Making of America website. Hundreds of thousands of entries are available from old books and journals. The speed of a search is remarkable. Punch in a surname and up comes your list of entries which can easily be searched. However, the documents on the screen appear to NOT be printable...so get a pencil and paper ready. My family is Kammerer and there were four listings. There were also four for the name Kemmerer. On the other hand when I picked BREWSTER...there were hundreds to check. You can also search for any place name or combination of words. Happy Hunting! The website is: http://www.umdl.umich.edu/moa/index.html