John and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland had ten children, therefore, there will be lines through all ten. Vol. 1 & 2 were done through Picton Press not the Mayflower Society and cover the first two children, Desire and John Jr. The Mayflower book, part 23, is part of their series, covers the last six children. That leaves children # 3 & 4, daughters Hope and Elizabeth. They have been in process for many years. Hope's volume will be huge -- more than 700 pages probably. They will be vol 3 & 4 from Picton, not v. 23. as they are not done through the Five Gens Project. Originally all the books were going through Mrs. White, the author, and it was thought they could be covered in a few volumes. The project turned out to be much larger and then became one volume per child of the Howlands. Hope this helps! Gail In a message dated 2/27/2008 2:52:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, terry@reigelridge.com writes: I'm afraid I don't understand all I should about the Mayflower books. Perhaps some kind soul can clarify for me. I see there is already a book available in the "Mayflower Families Genealogies through Five Generations" series - vol 23 part 1, covering Howland's last six children. I gather the two new books will be parts 2 and 3 in that series? There are also two Howland books that apparently are not part of the Five Generations project, vol 1 apparently on Desire's children and vol 2 on son John's. How do these books differ from the others? **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598)