On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 14:38:48 -0400 "Harlow Chandler" <chandler@firstva.com> writes: > With Dale looking into this you should know a lot > more soon. (Where does he get all his wonderful toys?) Harlow - For many years of my career I (a lifelong bachelor) had sufficient discretionary income to purchase reference books. I also spent a lot of money on photocopies of significant articles. The local library has long runs of NEHGR, NGSQ, TAG, MQ and other journals, and I sometimes travel to the NC State Library in Raleigh which has much more of value to a New England researcher. As an NEHGS member I have borrowing privileges from their 30,000+ volume circulating library, privileges at their 200,000+ volume library in Boston (on my trips there every 2 to 3 years) and members-only access to sources on their website, including every issue of the Register (which has been published quarterly since 1847). I also utilize extensive New England census records on microfilm at the local library and, of course, can rent films at the local Family History Center that, among other things, provide transcriptions of English church records. I order certified photocopies of vital records from towns and cities, and copies of deeds and probate files from county courthouses (I have sitting next to me a photocopy of two pages from a Plymouth County deed book from 1796). I like good sources, I do, I do. <grin> Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, WWWR Roanoke VA, WCQV Moneta VA, WKBA WZZI Vinton VA, WKPA WLNI WLVA WZZU Lynchburg VA