Ely's Big Sandy Valley bk. is available in paperback, a reprint done by Heritage Books. The list price is $37.50 and you can buy it directly from Heritgage, but I saw it available from a bookstore in North Carolina for $33.50. (I did a google search for Ely and "Big Sandy Valley" and price.) Herma Thank you for the Big Sandy information---it is just "chucked" full of good information. I found quite a bit on my main surnames --Brown & Bartram;however, there are lots of surnames that we have married into that I would like to review too but this process of uploading each section takes quite a long time and then to read all of it made me wonder if the Boyd County Genealogical Society has already done or plans to copy this book and sell it. I think it would be a great additon to anyone who is from Boyd County's research library. Your websiteis a great access to anyone who is researching Boyd County names. THANK YOU AGAIN for being there and helping us who live far away to research our family lines. F.K. Brown