Christine and Dora, The NEHGS does great work. I've used them several times. Usually the research takes a month and a half or more due to backlogs, so they probably won't meet the time requirement Dora is looking at. Sue On 9/20/06, Christine Sweet-Hart : > > > > Boston has the oldest genealogical society in the country, The New England > Historic Genealogical Society, est. 1847. Their website is > www.newenglandancestors.org. They have the vital records indexes through > the 1950s for births, and through the 1970s for marriages and deaths. > >