Hi, Benita, In a message dated 7/21/07 2:02:15 AM, nywestch-request@rootsweb.com writes: I found the following in a book that I have: Ancestery's Redbook, pub. by Ancestry. I have the 1991 edition. The info is on page526. I doubt that it will have changed much, if at all, in more recent editions. > Choose public Access. > It only works with Internet Explorer, not Firefox. > > Chose Index books. > > Enter a few letters of the last name.  Choose Grantor or Grantee. > Choose a time range.  Before 1898, there is no use to choose a town because > they are all lumped together. > > Click search. > For 1670 to 1898, yu will get all the images with deeds for grantors or > grantees beginning with that letter.  They are not in order!  They are in > order by Filename, which will be like 1000M1, 1000M2, for the M's.  You have > to guess and use trial and error to find the one you need. > > When you click on an Image, and one or more files comes up in another > window, click open.  Once it opens in Windows Photo Viewer, you can navigate > through the pages in that image file using the page numbers in the toolbar > at the bottom of the page. > > > They will send you the actual deed copies, once you find the index > reference, for a nominal amount. > http://www.westchesterclerk.com/sections.asp?mu_step=004 > > I hope this will help you. I have an ancestor's house in New Rochelle, too. He and his son built it ca 1720, and it still has a lot of the original mud and oystershell mortar between the rocks. What is now the front of the house was originally the back and vice versa. I was lucky enough to spend the night in the oldest part of the house, which is in wonderful conditlion or was then, in about 1983 or-4). It was then owned by a man who was a college professor and also an historian. His wife, who was British, was an excellent interior designer had a big hand in making sure that all the furniture in the house was either original to it, or was at least of the same era. It you're ever in Westchester Co., and are interested in seeing it, ask someone about it. As far as I know, it's just known as the Lispenard House. The address is 180 Davenport Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10806. I can't tell you who lives there now, and the man who owned it when I was there, has since died, and I think his wife took their two young children back to England, where I'm sure she had family. The Lispenard family were Huguenots, and came to Albany, NY, about 1680. (The orginal last name was L'Espenard, but was anglesized to Lispenard. At one time, he owned most of what is now the Financial District of NY. Part of Trinity Church and part of the Trade Towers were built on land that had belonged to the Lispenards. One of his sons, Leonard, eventually inherited a lot of the land, and buillt his home in a parklike area. He opened it the public who wanted to take picnics in the summer, and to be seen by their wealthy friends. Antoine was in his 80's when he and another son built the house in New Rochelle. All the walls are 1918 inches thick, and even in the summer time, the house is comfortably cool. I hope that this will be helpful to you! Best regards, Barbara Cofer It's is wonderful conditlion ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour