The American Institute for Economic Research is an independent non-profit research and educational organization. It is not a genealogy service. Yet, the Interactive Cost-of-Living Calculator on the Institute's Web site can be helpful to genealogists. It can calculate dollar equivalencies for any two years between 1913 and 1997. The obvious advantage of the calculator on the Web is that it is free. It is also conveniently accessible. The big disadvantage is that it only goes back to 1913. Many genealogists will want to go back to earlier years. COLA will go back to 1749. If you would like to try out the free Interactive Cost-of-Living Calculator, look at: http://www.aier.org/ As per Eastman's Online Newsletter Carol Swinehart cshart@greenapple.com <smaller>List Adminstrator of Fairfield County, Ohio Mailing List</smaller>: OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com <smaller>Stop by the Fairfield County,Ohio Webpage</smaller>: http://www.fairfieldgenealogy.org <smaller>or Fairfield County, Ohio GenWeb page: </smaller>http://www.greenapple.com/~ksmith/que.html My FCO Fam: Swinehart, Homrighouser, Betz, Foltz, Quickel, Anspach, Spohn <smaller>Library & Church Archive links</smaller>: http://www.greenapple.com/~cshart/liblinks