Frank, great observation. The wills in that lovely book postdate the abstracts that I am putting on the web. Phoebe n a message dated 99-04-12 20:20:58 EDT, you write: << Subj: Re: Or Co NY and other wills Date: 99-04-12 20:20:58 EDT From: Frank1124 To: MzCortez, NYULSTER-L@rootsweb.com There are also books of Abstracts of Orange County Wills at the Orange County Genealogical Society in Goshen NY. Then there are the copies of the wills in the Surrogates office in Goshen. Frank Sloat Arnold, MD >>