This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RJB.2ACI/254.3.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Maureen: This book is a History of Rock and Pipestone Counties. It covers the founding of the counties, some churches, businesses, and some biographies. Those who had biographies published in the book, paid to have them published and were ususally well-to-do doctors, lawyers, and business owners. I do not know what the criteria was (besides money) that allowed one to be published. This book is not a book that lists everyone who's ever lived in Rock or Pipestone county, so naturally hundreds of thousands of people are not listed. It does give great family information (parents/birthplace/siblings/occupations/children/etc.) of those who are listed which is why I've offered to do lookups. I'm sorry the person you were looking for was not published in the book.