This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wood Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WUB.2ACI/1274 Message Board Post: George, I'm hoping you'll have a minute to look in a book at the library so that I know if it's worth ordering the microfilm. It is "Index deeds of Queens County, Long Island, Libers A,B,C, and Abstracts of deeds in the Queens County, New York Register's Officer, Libers A-D, 1683-1765 " Family History Library says they microfilmed it from Queens Co. Library. I would like to know if there are a substanial number of land transaction by the Wood family. If you could take a quick peek I'd appreciate it. Also, I viewed a microfilm from the Family History Library titled "An index to land records of Queens County, Long Island, N.Y., A-H, 1656-1903" by Charles Gritman and it had wonderful information about land transactions between Queens Co. families, but only the surnames A-H. Here is the description of what the microfilm includes: "This index covers the period from the time of the early town settlements in Queens County to about the year 1800 with many records of more recent date. It is complete as regards Libers A to H (inclusive) of Queens County conveyances in the County Clerk's Office. It includes most of the conveyances to be found in the Jamaica town records and many of those in the records of the towns of Hempstead, Flushing, Newtown, and Oyster Bay"--Charles T. Gritman. Queens County originally included parts of what are now Nassau and Suffolk Counties." As you know I am interested in the Wood surname, so this was of no help. Family History Library does indicate that they have the other libers that finish the rest of the alphabet. Do you know if Charles Gritman or another author has index the rest of the surnames, or where these original Libers are located? Thank you George and have a very Merry Christmas! -Janet