Yes back to square one. I have talked to a few people who live there and some checking is being done. Currently no copies or out there.... Newspaper had only done the one printing and that was it.... Don

Hi Listers, Some years ago I was in Fulton, MS doing some research on my Dozier/Dodson/ Cooley lines and the public library had a copy of what I THINK is the book you are discussing. It is "Itawamba County, Mississippi Families (1836-1986) Sesquicentennial Edition". I made copies of the cover page and one page that included information on a line I discovered on that trip -- Fikes. The cover page states explicitly that only 513 copies were printed. I don't know if the library will allow it to be copied in full, but PERHAPS a local researcher would do lookups and mail copies for a fee????? Don, could you suggest a researcher? Someone earlier today mentioned reprints by Heritage Books. They have a web page, http://www.heritagebooks.com/ but doing a search for Itawamba did not get any hits. Another company that does superb quality reprints is Higginson Books -- http://www.higginsonbooks.com/ Higginson has several Mississippi books, but again, I didn't note any for Itawamba Co. I really like the layout of the Higginson site and they also have a large number of surname books, so some of you may want to check this out for your missing branches. Happy hunting. -- Diane Scannell Wichita, KS dscannell@kscable.com Rootsweb Sponsor and Proud Donor http://sikes-sykesfamilies.rootsweb.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~inthetrees/