Is anyone familiar with this book? Can you tell me a little about it? Niagara County, New York, one hundred of the most wonderful regions in the world microform : a concise record of her progress and people, 1821-1921, published during its centennial year / written by a native, the son of natives, and the grandson of pioneers Thanks Sue dskissel@cybertrails.com D. Sue Crowder Kissel 3299 Rose Lane, Prescott, AZ 86305 Researching: Crowder (CAN>NY>MI>SD), Keene(ME>MI), Kissel (PA>IA>NE>KS)Long(CAN Fr>NY>MI) Lutzke(GER>MI), Lou©ks(CAN>MI), Mc(A)Fee(CAN>NY>MI), Paine(ME>MI)Smith(NY>MI) http://doors.cybertrails.com/~dskissel/

Dear Sue, et al, ----- Original Message ----- From: D. Sue Kissel <dskissel@cybertrails.com> To: <NYNIAGAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 10:35 PM Subject: Book Is anyone familiar with this book? Can you tell me a little about it? Niagara County, New York, one hundred of the most wonderful regions in the world microform : a concise record of her progress and people, 1821-1921, published during its centennial year / written by a native, the son of natives, and the grandson of pioneers Thanks Yes, I have a copy of the actual book on loan to me from our Town of Porter Historical Society for personal use in answering queries regarding Niagara County genealogy. The copy that I have is Vol II, the biographical volume, and it has a marvelous INDEX to it. It was written by Edward T. Williams, "Postmaster of Niagara Falls, N.Y. For Thirty Years a Niagara County Newspaper Man, President of the Niagara Frontier Historical Society, and Three Times Elected President of the Niagara County Pioneer Association." It was published by J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago. The book contains 850 pages and is totally devoted to the genealogy of Niagara County families. Note: as with many books of this nature, just be aware that the history of the families was provided by the families themselves and no doubt contains some "wishful thinking" on the part that their ancestors played in the history of our country. Nonetheless, in most cases the families got long-winded and provided a whole bunch good clues (with maiden names) in spite of some of their questionable(?) "Revolutionary War Hero Ancestors!" vee