This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0EB.2ACE/472 Message Board Post: The digitized copy of this book is available free, online: "The History of Cape Cod: The Annals of Barnstable County, Including the District of Mashpee" Originally published in 1860, it's fully searchable and indexed. Go to http://books.google.com Select/click "Full view books" and Type in: history cape cod (Note: If you don't click "full view" as a search requirement, you may get books that show you just "snippets" of the text, not the whole thing.) Click highlighted results to see full book. The entire book can also be saved as your own pdf file. Note: Two "hits" actually come up at google for this book -- one allows you to save the book on your computer, one doesn't. You'll have to try both.