Glen, Hi, Great work.I was hoping you could follow through.I'm a NEVILLE "rooter" from north of your border but would like to have a copy.Will send the money order,self addressed envelope and extra for postage if you think you can get one off to me.I realize there may be direct decendents of this line who you should supply first so I will just hope there's one left over for me. Thanks, Christopher Chapeski ---------- > From: Glenn Gohr <ggohr01@mail.orion.org> > To: NEVILLE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: 370-Year History - $10 > Date: July 17, 1997 11:01 PM > > I tried to post this message to the Neville List yesterday (7/17/97), but > the List was down. Rootsweb informed me that the internet on the West > Coast was having problems at that time. Hopefully no one's messages from > the last 24 hrs. were lost. If you haven't seen your message posted, then > try it again. > ______ > > Hi, Neville Researchers: > > I have taken my original copy of A 370-YEAR HISTORY > OF ONE NEVILLE FAMILY (1612-1982), by Joseph B. Neville, > 1988, and made copies enough for everyone who is interested. > The book is spiral bound with 8 1/2 by 11 in. size paper. It is > 175 (9 intro. pages, plus 166 pages of text). A few illustrations > are included, and Joe Neville gives quite a few footnotes to > verify his long-standing research. > Joe was elderly and had suffered a stroke before the > printing of the book. A few typos may be noted, but that is > understandable. Much of the original text was shrunk by Joe to > better present his material, although this makes some of the > material a little hard to read. But this is the best and most up-to- > date book on the Neville family thus far. Joe was aware of more > descendants in each line (including my own line) but his > methodology was more in a chart format, and it made it > extremely difficult for him to add new descendants into the list. > He went generation by generation. There is no index to the > book, and that would be a massive project. > I have looked in my earlier correspondence with Joe > Neville, who is now deceased. > In March 1988 he offered the book for sale at a > prepublication price of $15.00. He offered discounts if ordering > more than one copy. He also encouraged people to donate > copies to libraries. He gave a discounted price of $10.00 to > anyone who would donate a copy to a library. I'm sure there are > many copies already in libraries around the country, although I > have not checked the OCLC listing to find out where. Joe > Neville mentions that copies would be donated to the LDS > Library in Salt Lake City and The Filson Club Library in > Louisville, KY. > Joe Neville said that he would not be reprinting his book > after copies were sold out. I've also tried in vain to locate R. > Geoffrey Neville of Avon, Massachusetts, who assisted him in > the publication of the book, to see if any copies might exist even > at this late date. R. Geoffrey Neville could not be located. > Joe Neville, on his title page says this: "Any person > wishing to copy from this book, by photostatic means or > otherwise, has my permission to do so, PROVIDING the copy is > for his own use, and not for sale." > There is no formal copyright disclaimer or notice in the > book. > I was very reluctant to reproduce the book because of > this statement, but after much discussion with Ren Neville and > others in the group, it was decided that if I could offer the books > at a reasonable price that no one would quibble over Joe > Neville's original statement. > If copied by the photocopy method, it would take one > hours of standing at a copy machine to make one copy. Also > the price would most likely be between 7 and 10 cents per > page. That cost would amount to about $20.00 easily for > someone to reproduce a single copy. > Through the offset method (same method that Joe > Neville originally used), I have made 40 copies of his book. > Even though this is a copy of a copy, I am very pleased with the > result. The pages came out very clear. And I was able to get a > very good price on the printing, binding, etc. In fact, my price is > lower than Joe Neville's original price was back in 1988. > I am offering copies of the book for $10.00 each. And > that includes postage. All I will need is your mailing address > and a check or money order for that amount. If you have any > questions on this, let me know. > Sincerely, > > Glenn Gohr (Neville List Manager) > ggohr01@mail.orion.org > ggohr@juno.com > > > My mailing address is: > > Glenn Gohr > 1040 E. McCanse St. > Springfield, MO 65803-3613 > Ph. 417-833-2814 (evenings) > >