Barb, You're right about how fascinating they are. I wish he had been a bit better at documenting dates. Several newspaper clippings are only noted with the date, not the publication. "Raw" data for sure! But many thanks to him anyway! Michael S. McLaughlin 4 North Oak Street Hudson Falls, New Yrok 12839 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 8:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NYWASHIN] Re: NYWASHIN-D Digest V05 #60 The Goodspeed Papers are so fascinating because they're in such raw form, or used to be. Mr Goodspeed wrote down what bits of genealogical information he could find on tiny bits of paper and kept them in envelopes or whatever was handy. They're in the Historian's office in Washington County. Barb in St Pete ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx