This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: r_a_green Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.lawrence/3817/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Posted in response to the comments by Linda Trent: While the books may be downloadable in various degrees of readability and user friendliness from the Internet sites she has referenced, these in no way reflect what is owned when purchasing one of our products. Not only has our material been recovered from original sources, but it has been enhanced and organized for ease of reading, and in many cases repaired as a function of poor original condition inherent in aged books. You don't get this when downloading FREE material. As always, you get what you pay for. Moreover, in many cases, we have augmented our material with various pertinent maps and other data that may be used in conjunction with the printed works. Our products were constructed from (very expensive) originals that had to be destroyed in order to subject them to the digital scanning process. Countless hours have gone into making all of the material more legible and organizing it in a user friendly manner. Linda has NOT compared apples to apples in her rather rash comments. Finally, if she were truly concerned about the economy, Linda certainly wouldn't encourage people NOT to spend money or begrudge someone for asking a fair price for their hard work creating useful goods and services. She is, in effect, being part of the economic problem and clearly not part of the solution. Merry Christmas and happy research in the New Year! Rich Green Historic Archaeological Research www.har-indy.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.