Cat - Some questions first. In answer to your query about why you cannot access the book Boonesborough (by Filson Club Society) on HeritageQuest--an online database to which only libraries can subscribe. 1.Does your local library subscribe to HeritageQuest? If not, inquire of your local librarian whether he/she can guide you to a library, preferably in your State, where you can find a subscription to HeritageQuest. Maybe a library in the next county subscribes. (see end of this e-mail) 2. Do you have a library card with a number - bar code (which number is your password)? I found out I could not access HeritageQuest through my local city library--because my card had not been renewed. Perhaps your library, if it has a website, will let you renew via the internet. Mine, a large metropolitan library, says you can renew by telephone (good luck in getting someone to answer!!!) Now, I have just accessed HeritageQuest, and I did a PLACE search for Boonesborough. That book (images thereof) came up No. 1 on the list of hits. There are other listings, which you might want to read. The part which may interest genealogists the most are the appendices in Boonesborough. If a PLACE search fails, try an Author search [I think that may be one of the choices]--Ranck, George Washington. Get friendly with your local librarian and prowl around the reference books. Sometimes the darndest information is there, and no one uses that info!!!! More's the pity. Ask about interlibrary loan, too. That's how I did research when I was working. Sometimes you have to read the book in the library, as the lending library puts a restriction on it. So take plenty of coins for the photocopier, if the photocopier does not use cards, as most libraries do nowadays. You may want to explore the website for Godfrey Memorial Library in Connecticut. They will let you subscribe to their databases for an annual fee of $30. People who have used their databases say they have been most helpful in speeding up their genealogical researches. I may give myself a Christmas present and subscribe to see what the fuss is about!!! Good luck. If you have luck with HeritageQuest, tell your genealaogical friends. Nearly all LDS family history centers now have a subscription to Ancestry.com, but sometimes these center are open for only a few hours a week. But explore your nearby FHC. You may find the microfiche collection is of GREAT interest to you. E.W.Wallace