Dear all, If anyone here has this book, can you tell me: How thoroughly is this book indexed? Is there an index of ship names? Is there an index of people names? I can find only three libraries here with copies. Two are at universities which do not participate in 'inter-library loan' and the  third is Toronto Public Library which has it tagged as 'Reference" and will also not loan it (even though they have two copies). I've checked into buying a copy, but the prices are off-putting when I am only on a 'fishing expedition' and don't know for sure if any of 'mine' will be mentioned there. If the Index is comprehensive, I will chance annoying a professor acquaintance at U of T with a request to take out the book and photocopy the index for me, and later possibly to photocopy some relevant pages. [Aside: That is what I had to do with Graham Farr's "Bristol Ships". While I can understand the universities' position, it was immensely frustrating to learn that I was the first person to want to take out that book since U of T acquired it - '55 years!!!!' earlier. Ah! the joys of being a rural researcher cum full-time caregiver.] Regards, Adi

There is an index but not very comprehensive. I have compiled one of my own if you let me know the names you require. Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mme_N_Carmichael" <mme_n_carmichael@yahoo.ca> To: <MARINERS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 2:09 AM Subject: [MAR] Book: "Collier Brigs and Their Sailors", Runciman Dear all, If anyone here has this book, can you tell me: How thoroughly is this book indexed? Is there an index of ship names? Is there an index of people names? I can find only three libraries here with copies. Two are at universities which do not participate in 'inter-library loan' and the third is Toronto Public Library which has it tagged as 'Reference" and will also not loan it (even though they have two copies). I've checked into buying a copy, but the prices are off-putting when I am only on a 'fishing expedition' and don't know for sure if any of 'mine' will be mentioned there. If the Index is comprehensive, I will chance annoying a professor acquaintance at U of T with a request to take out the book and photocopy the index for me, and later possibly to photocopy some relevant pages. [Aside: That is what I had to do with Graham Farr's "Bristol Ships". While I can understand the universities' position, it was immensely frustrating to learn that I was the first person to want to take out that book since U of T acquired it - '55 years!!!!' earlier. Ah! the joys of being a rural researcher cum full-time caregiver.] Regards, Adi ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message