Dear List, I don't know if you are aware of a really terrific site for old books---both genealogies and histories (county, church, etc) PLUS U.S. Censuses. The actual images are shown! Several of the census years are indexed. The source is Heritage Quest accessed by becoming a member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society! For example, today I did a search for books on Wyoming County, New York and below are just SOME of the books available to search on-line---right at your own computer! Pages can be printed off with no problem. Beer's 1880 History of Wyoming County Complete Name Index to Beer's History of Wyoming County Andrew Young's History of Warsaw, 1869. [MANY biographical sketches] Horton, John Theodore. History of Northwestern New York: Erie, Niagara, Wyoming, Gensee and Orleans Counties, c. 1947, 1,833 pages. History of the Centennial Celebration: Warsaw, Wyoming County, New York, June 28-July 2, 1903. 1903. 259 pages. [This one I'd never seen before!] Biographical Review: This Volume contains Biographical Sketches of the Leading Citizens of Livingston and Wyoming Counties, New York. 1895. 685 pages. A Memorial of the Quarter-Centennial Anniversary of the Organization of the Congregational Church in Warsaw, NY, Feb. 16, 1865. published 1865. 23 pages. Douglass, Harry. Strykersville Sketches: Strykersville sesquicentennial, 1808-1958. 1958, 38 pages. Castile Sesquincentennial, 1808-1958: July 18, 19, 20--One hundred fifty years of the joys of rural living. 1958. 25 pages. Tolles. James. Early Recollections of Attica, New York. 1937. 16 pages. Douglass, Harry. Famous Sons and Daughters of Wyoming County, New York. 1935. 80 pages. Barber, Gertrude. Gravestone Inscriptions of Wyoming County, NY, including cemeteries in Sheldon and Bennington. 1993. 34 pages. Barber, Gertrude. Gravestone Inscriptions of Wyoming County, NY including cemeteries in Silver Springs, Hermitage, and Genesee Falls, 1932, 21 pages. Douglass, Harry. United Church of Christ Congregational, Arcade, NY, 1963, 31 pages. Bishop, Lewis. The First Century of the Village of Warsaw: a Brief Sketch of the Incorporated Village from May 16, 1843. 1946?, 31 pages. Arcade, New York. c. 1912. [MANY photographs of residences] Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Niagara County, New York, 1892. 634 pages. A History of the City of Buffalo and Niagara Falls, 1896, 363 pages. There are hundreds and hundreds of county histories from all over the USA plus so many genealogies of families, particularly New England...great for clues! For details about membership, their website is www.nygbs.org Sincerely, Patty _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail