Hi List, A lady named Phyllis on the list posted a website for research. And it is a great site - thank you Phyllis. I satrted checking the site and came up with the below that might be of help to someone. There are many, many surnames, maps, narratives, pictures (which can be enlarged & printed) In searching I didn't narrow down or limit the search fields: Typed in: (whatever state you are researching) Examples below: plantations north carolina early settlers north carolina slave owners north carolina slaves named in wills north carolina prisoners civil war north carolina quakers I didn't have a lot of luck doing a basic surname search - but many, many surnames are listed in articles: Small portion of article: example below: Mrs. Lula BOWERS narrative: There was a young man come up from Savannah. He was a great dancer. He danced all the dances. Then my son-in-law danced all the dances. Dixie Box, Jimmy Box, Lillie Box, Nanny Box, and Frank Warren were the biggest dancers around Estill. May Lawton was a great dancer - and Anna Sloane. The below url on the same sight Phyllis posted: <A HREF="http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/mdbquery.html">American Memory All Collections Search</A> (aol users - click underline - here - then type in area of research) http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/mdbquery.html (other - copy & paste url - then type in area of research) Once again, thank you Phyllis for sharing this with all of us. Ruth in NC