It may have been "General History of Dutchess County; from 1609 to 1876, INCLUSIVE. written by Philip H. Smith. it was published by the author in 1877. The other book Robert mentioned, Old Dutchess Forever, was by Henry Noble MacCracken ( TypeO) Thom Usher Beekman Historian TO LEARN MORE ABOUT LOCAL HISTORY CLICK ON: http://www.beekmanhistory.com/ In a message dated 6/23/2008 11:15:59 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dannd@embarqmail.com writes: Recently while browsing through a lot of links I happened on a link to an old book on the history of Duchess County. It was about 576 pages long and I could read it one page at a time on the internet. I cannot remember the exact title but it was being preserved by some college and is not in print. I got so immersed in reading this that I did not make note of how to get back to it. Then when I took a break, Microsoft took over with an urgent update that required the computer to reboot, and it did, and I lost the contact. Can anyone help me find this book again? I had a lot of detail in it - much more than the one that is readily available on the Duchess County website. It must have been written before 1860, but I am not sure. Dean ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDUTCHE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)