The Gasconade County Archive and Research Center 315 Schiller Street Hermann, MO 65041 573-486-4028 As I understand it . . . The money you paid for the book was for a *pre-order* of the book as the plan is to only print as many books as there are *pre-orders* for. The original deadline to order/pre-order the book AND submit family histories to be included in the book was July 31. That was then extended to September 30 - only two weeks ago. Now the family histories have to be organized, type-set, proof-read, etc. Then the book has to be printed and set to the Archive Center for further distribution. I haven't heard the estimated date of printing/distribution, but maybe a call to the Archive Center would yield that information. I don't believe anybody from the Archive Center appears to be on this list to help us. Debbie --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.391 / Virus Database: 222 - Release Date: 9/19/2002