In a message dated 11/27/1999 11:32:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, scromer@earthlink.net writes: << I am looking for a history/genealogy book similiar to the one about the Schenectady Patent by Jonathan Pearson & J. W. MacMurray. >> You might try Hudson and Mohawk Valley Families by Cuyler Reynolds. I believe he did similar works for southern and western NY. I don't think anyone has ever done work of the magnitude of Pearson's. Betty Fink