Listers, Once again I will offer, FOR A LIMITED TIME, lookups in Gertrude Barber's 5-volume "Abstracts of Wills in Otsego County NY from 1794-1850". This offer expires midnight September 30th, 2004. Hopefully another volunteer will pick up after that. Please read ALL of the instructions below, or I may not be able or willing to help you. The index to Otsego County will abstracts can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm PLEASE check the above index, because if the name you seek is not in this index, I have nothing to offer. As of 28 August I had already posted 90 will abstracts to nyotsego-l. If you missed the one you want, it might be available on the rootsweb archives: To find a will abstract in the nyotsego archives, select the appropriate year and month, then search on http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/nyotsego/2004-08 August The same format will work for any other year and month. You will see the subjects and sender's name for every message archived during that year and month If you find the right name and year on the index, but do not find the abstract in the archives, send me a request. Please observe the following: .... Only one request per message. .... Send your requests direct to me - I will answer via the Otsego list if found; direct to you if not found. (this keeps the list from being unnecessarily cluttered) mailto:k2mi@frontiernet.net .... Keep your messages as short as possible. .... Deaths must have been between 1794 and 1850 - no exceptions. .... Please use the following format for your subject: POTTER, Caleb - died 1846 or POTTER, Caleb - will probated 1846 .... It helps me if you "cut and paste" the line from the index into your message, so I can go directly to the volume and page in Miss Barber's book. .... Sorry, but I won't answer any general requests such as "any Thompson in Otsego County 1830-1840". Specific requests for year, surname and first name only, please, as general searches take far too much time. I do not live in Otsego County NY, and do not have access to original papers of that area...just Miss Barber's abstracts. I will repeat this message on NYOTSEGO-L once a week through the end of September for the benefit of those who come in after my first posting. Marty Irons