There is another resource that could help. Earlier in the Fall, I purchased an interesting CD-ROM at the Buffalo NYGBS mini-convention downtown. It is an every name index of Tree Talks from 1961-2001. It was not free; I think I paid about $40 for it. Here's info from the introductory PDF to the index: "Welcome to Index to Tree Talks County Packets, Every Name Index to County Packets, 1961-2001 published in CNYGS Tree Talks. The information published covered the period 1652-1978. The Central New York Genealogical Society began its quarterly, Tree Talks, in June 1961 with the goal of presenting abstracts of pre-1850 records of historical and genealogical interest. Coverage, by 2001, includes forty-nine of the state's sixty-two counties." "Index to Tree Talks County Packets, Every Name Index to County Packets 1961-2001,CNYGS Tree Talks, 1652-1978" by Arthur C. M. Kelly, KINSHIP" You load the CD into your computer and use the Search capabilities of Adobe Acrobat in order to search the index. Works real well. Bill Pomeroy -----Original Message----- From: Marty [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 6:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NYOnonda] Index for Oneida County CNYGS packet? For info of all, the following was received from Diana J. Law, County Packets Coordinator, CNYGS: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Your message has been forwarded to me as I am working with a group of volunteers who are endeavoring to index our County Packets. It is no small task as we are including much more information than most indices contain. Oneida County has just this week been issued to one of our volunteers to index over the winter. It is a slow process as it then goes to pre-proofing and proofing before being released. So that is the bad news. We have many counties that are being worked on in these different phases. The good news is that once an index is completed, it is available and is free to those who visit our website. We will of course make it available for sale if requested but we feel very good to be offering this information gratis. We currently have Franklin and Allegany Counties on the website. Clinton and Chenango are proofed and are waiting for their number to roll up on our webmaster's schedule. Wyoming is 95% done so it is soon to be released as well.