Hello List & MizS, An odd coincidence -- just yesterday I was culling my books and came across this one: "Brooklyn: People and Places, Past and Present" by Grace Glueck and Paul Gardner (1991, Hardcover). At Christmas 1991, I had given the book to my Brooklyn-reared father, son of Kingstown, Co. Dublin-born Julia Plunkett. What makes it such a treasure is that in later years Papa made many notations for places that held memories from his childhood, 1915 to 1930s. And on the front page he had written: "Thank you, PJ, I enjoy this more than anything you could have given me!" It's a wonderful book, large and with many pictures of people and places. I just checked -- Half.com has copies available, as does Amazon. PJ > > Many of us have collected books related to genealogical research. >