I agree... I have no access to the book... I try to be lienient when it comes to posts...love those old family stories, some complain..but it's what made our families so important...Like James Mehlander Campbell of Iron/Madison/Shannon county MO...he was at the Battle of Pilot Knob... His 2nd wife had to carry on after his death abt 1899... And she did her best to feed her starving children... Those are the stories that bear repeating. This book, from your description sounds like a "Coffee Table Book"...one to find in a bank, lawyers office, etc... It may have some value as a teaching tool, give children an idea of how the mines worked...not sure. I allowed a link to it due to it's general information... And as a reminder... You can post links to books for sale off Rootsweb, as long as you don't stand to gain from it..(my inturpetation of the rules)..but can't list ordering information, other than a link to it. Jeanette McClure jfmcclure_1@bellsouth.net has many books on Iron county, email her for a list... She has done much work in the area, Campbell, Henson, Ketcherside are a few of the surnames she has books about. Marge Campbell margecam52@valornet.com Photos of our family & critters (quilts too) http://community.webshots.com/user/margecam52

Marge: I went to the library, the other day, and looked at the book. As you said, it might make a nice "Coffee Table Book", but as far as being worth anything to those of us researching our family histories, it's definitely not worth buying. It would be alot cheaper to go to the library and spend a few minutes just browsing through it. As a reference book, it's okay, but I don't see where it's worth what's being charged for it. I do agree with you that the stories that folks tell of their families, are very interesting. I do enjoy those, alot. Sue Resinger ----- Original Message ----- From: "margecam@1and1" <margecam@lmcam1.com> To: <moiron@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 1:35 PM Subject: Re: [MOIRON] New Book >I agree... I have no access to the book... I try to be lienient when it > comes to posts...love those old family stories, some complain..but it's > what > made our families so important...Like James Mehlander Campbell of > Iron/Madison/Shannon county MO...he was at the Battle of Pilot Knob... His > 2nd wife had to carry on after his death abt 1899... And she did her best > to > feed her starving children... Those are the stories that bear repeating. > This book, from your description sounds like a "Coffee Table Book"...one > to > find in a bank, lawyers office, etc... It may have some value as a > teaching > tool, give children an idea of how the mines worked...not sure. > > I allowed a link to it due to it's general information... > > And as a reminder... You can post links to books for sale off Rootsweb, as > long as you don't stand to gain from it..(my inturpetation of the > rules)..but can't list ordering information, other than a link to it. > > Jeanette McClure jfmcclure_1@bellsouth.net has many books on Iron > county, > email her for a list... She has done much work in the area, Campbell, > Henson, Ketcherside are a few of the surnames she has books about. > > Marge Campbell > margecam52@valornet.com > Photos of our family & critters (quilts too) > http://community.webshots.com/user/margecam52 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOIRON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >