This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JRB.2ACE/1554 Message Board Post: If anyone needs a birth lookup for Brooklyn or Manhattan for 1881-1887, feel free to email me with your requests. I'll have the books for a while while I'm scanning them and processing them to be added to the IGG website. If you know the soundex, give me that too. Keep in mind, there are a lot of "male", "female" and no first names listed so the chances of finding a John Smith could be very slim. Tony