<<Hi Karen, Could you list names in book and offer to do lookups? At least that way it would get out there for people to know that the info is available. You could have Jan put a notice on the Otsego web page for people to contact you. If you could find a descendant of Ralph's, they could give you permission to put the book on the web page. Good luck! Sandy>> I could do that, Sandy, but I would dearly love to pass on the "homespun" quality of this little 18-pager. For example, did you know that in the 19th century, ladies wore their engagement rings on the first finger of the left hand? I sure didn't know this. There is a story about the Indians taking Nancy Wattles' baby that I have read elsewhere. Ralph goes on to say that this baby was his great-grandmother. I don't think I'll be breaking any laws by posting one paragraph from this booklet, just to show you what I mean: ~~~ In 1856 when my grandfather moved to the Dewey house (built in 1810) on the Ouleout, there was a camp of Delaware Indians on the Ouleout near his home. Game animals and fur bearing animals were plentiful. Buckskin was much used for clothing. A hunter knew that a deer head contained just enough of the brain to tan his skin. Cow hide was tanned with a hemlock bark solution. In curing rawhide no solution was used except a light wood ash solution to help remove the hair. There were no game laws at the middle of the century. There were no automobiles, no radios, no telephones, no hard roads and no snow plows for the roads. ~~~ The chapter headings are called: Iroquois Five Nations Pact Mac Wattles Family Ancestry First Settlers Churches School Eels Tannery Family Life of Early Settlers (from which the above paragraph was taken) A Day With A Settler's Family (the story of the Indians taking the baby) Unadilla At The End Of The Century Karen