In a message dated 9/27/2006 10:56:42 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Hello All, Please excuse me for this (very probably) previously addressed question. I have volumes 1,2 and 3 of the Mayflower Families Through Five Generations (the Silver Books) and have not heard of a volume which covers John Howland. Is there one? If so, which Volume number might it be? Also, I *had heard* at one time that the Silver Books had been "replaced" as a good reference by some other set. Is this so? If so, which books was this a reference to? I have been eagerly awaiting the book by Elizabeth Pearson White on John Howland through Hope (my Howland line). Does *anyone* have a clue when that one will be out? Thank you in advance to anyone who can answer these questions. Regards, Linda (Warrick) Chesson Linda: There are at least 22 volumes of the "silver" books at this point in time, not including the two privately printed books on Howland and the various "pink" books that are referred to as "in progress" volumes which will later be published as a "silver" book. The reason the "pink" books are published is to give people information about what has been collected to date. They are still researching and proving the lines and when the Society feels that they have "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" so to speak they will then publish it as the definitive answer to the question of that line for five generations. There are also several other versions that have different colored covers for those people they have worked on that have strong and close ties to a Mayflower passenger but they were not Mayflower passengers themselves. Volumes 1-3 have been updated and are no longer in print. The current volumes in print and available start at volume 4. Some of the volumes have been revised themselves and are now in newer versions. I have a complete set myself - except for volume 3, which I haven't been able to get. Even those of us who have purchased some of the volumes in the set need to recheck the Mayflower website and order a newer version because the information in the older versions may have been changed, corrected, or deleted from the version we may have in our possession. You can go to _www.Mayflower.org_ (http://www.Mayflower.org) Then click on publications. You will see a listing, with prices, of the volumes they have for sale. It will show you the version and the year of publication. So if you have an older version, you might want to consider purchasing the newer, updated version to see where the changes are in your particular family line. Christie Trapp