In a message dated 7/3/04 1:52:06 PM, [email protected] writes: << *** the authors of the Lang book written on the John Lee, Esq. of NC? If so do you still have a copy of this new book for sale or know where I can buy one? >> _________________ Response from Kay: <<"THE LANG BOOK" IS TITLED, JOHN LEE, ESQ. OF JOHNSTON CO., NORTH CAROLINA AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS (1975) - COMPILED BY WELDON JOHNSTON, LOUDON, TN, ORLENE R. LANG, BARTLESVILLE, OK, ROBERT T. LEE, JR. MADISONVILLE, TN AND LAZELLE P. LONG, COLUMBUS, GA. I KNOW THAT LAZELLE LONG HAS BEEN DEAD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AS SHE WAS MY PARTNER WHEN WE COMPILED THE BOOK, ROBERT AND GODFREY LEE IN 1979. SHE AND I KEPT WORKING TOGETHER FOR SEVERAL YEARS TRYING TO MAKE HEADWAY ON AN ANCESTRY FOR JOHN LEE, ESQ. HIMSELF, BUT WERE UNABLE TO MAKE A PROVED CONNECTION. WE BOTH THOUGHT, HOWEVER, THAT JOHN, ESQ. WAS LIKELY A SON OF GODFREY LEE OF CHOWAN, THOUGH OTHER OPTIONS EXISTED. LAZELLE'S OLD PARTNER, ORLENE LANG, HAD BEEN DEAD FOR SOME YEARS PRIOR TO MY HOOKING UP WITH "ZELL." I CAN'T TELL YOU ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE MALE MEMBERS OF THE FOUR COMPILERS GROUP. THE PREVIOUS QUARTET OF COMPILERS ALSO DID ANOTHER LEE BOOKLET, CAPT. THOMAS LEE OF HAWKINS CO., TN AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS (1972). LAZELLE AND ORLENE, ALONE, DID A BOOK ON WILLIAM & PETER LEE (OCT. 1975) AND IN 1982 (AFTER ORLENE'S DEATH), THEIR COMBINED WORK DID AN ADDITION TO THE WM & PETER LEE BOOK. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM LAZELLE THAT COPIES OF ALL THEIR BOOKS WERE PUT INTO MAJOR LIBRARIES, INCLUDING NC AND GA, BUT I DON'T HAVE A FULL ROSTER OF THE DONATIONS. IT'S MY GUESS THAT THE SUREST WAY OF GETTING A COPY WOULD BE TO CONTACT EITHER THE NC OR GA LIBRARY & REQUEST THE NAME OF A RESEARCHER-FOR-HIRE THAT YOU COULD PAY TO COPY THE BOOK FOR YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY WERE EVER FOR SALE OR NOT, AS I CAME INTO THE SCENE AFTER THE JOHN LEE, CAPT. THOMAS LEE, AND WM & PETER LEE WORKS WERE DONE. I BELIEVE THEIR MAIN OBJECTIVE WAS TO SEE THAT COPIES WERE IN MAJOR LIBRARIES, SO THAT PEOPLE COULD ACCESS THEM THERE. >> ___________ Warren, I do not have a copy of the book you seek. Best regards, Hugh