I thought I'd let the list know that Dr. A. B. Pruitt recently published another book of deed abstracts for Guilford County. This newest one in his series is on Deed Books 19, 20, & 21, covering 1825 to 1836. If you are interested in ordering this or any other publication from him, you can find the information here: _http://home.earthlink.net/~abpruitt/_ (http://home.earthlink.net/~abpruitt/) I saw Bruce at the North Carolina Genealogical Society annual meeting and conference this past weekend, and I told him to please keep working on the Guilford series! His website includes this informative article on land grants in NC from 1777-1800: _http://home.earthlink.net/~abpruitt/id9.html_ (http://home.earthlink.net/~abpruitt/id9.html) Bruce presented a lecture on this subject at the 2005 NGS conference in Nashville, and I daresay he'll present another one at the 2009 NGS conference in Raleigh (May 13-16). He and Margaret Hofmann are the leading authorities on NC land records. Katherine Dick Benbow County Coordinator, Guilford County NCGenWeb _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncguilfo/index.html_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncguilfo/) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com