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    1. Re: [PABUCKS] Bucks Co. PA, Birth Book, great resource for Bucks Co. website!
    2. Kaye Steward
    3. Hi Dave - and other listmembers, Humphrey's books are wonderful resources but, as fairly recent publications, they are all still protected by copyright, so I don't believe that scanning and posting online are legal options. Maggie's book about Bucks County births is likely from the 13-or14-volume set of Pennsylvania Births that lists more than 170,000 recorded births in eleven eastern Pennsylvania counties. I just checked online and this set is for sale by Pennsylvania Genealogy Books (http://www.pagenealogybooks.com/) -prices vary from $18.50 (Delaware Co) to $39 (Montgomery Co), which seem very reasonable to me - and other bookstores may also carry them, either as new or used books. Various places also sell this material in CD format. (e.g. BIRTH INDEX: SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, 1680-1800. Records of approximately 476,000 individuals born before 1800; compiled by John T. Humphrey from church and pastoral records; originally published as a 13-volume set. -Family Archives CD196 $39.99 - http://www.familyhistoryland.com/cds0-280.htm) Humphrey has also authored some other excellent genealogy references: for example, a two-volume family history titled Early Families of Northampton County, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Gravestones, Northampton County; and Understanding and Using Baptismal Records, etc. And, if you Google his name (hint: put his full name, "John T. Humphrey", in quotation marks in the search box, you will get a more precise set of results) -- you'll find some info of his published online. For example, there's a great article written by him available online at http://genealogy.about.com/library/authors/blbio-humphrey.htm. His very-readable article "Records Used to Tell the Story of Life in Mid-Eighteenth Century Pennsylvania is an interesting account of arrival and early life in PA. This article "discusses a variety of record sources which help to document life in Pennsylvania in the 1700s including county tax lists, diaries and letters, road petitions, business ledgers, church records, U.S. Direct "Window" Tax of 1798, U.S. Census of 1790, deeds and estate inventories. A complete bibliography is included." Some of his presentations at various genealogy conferences are also available as audiotapes from Audiotapes.com (http://www.audiotapes.com/author.asp?author='Humphrey'), and as articles in genealogy journals which you can purchase from various sources - or find in various libraries. I have no connection to any of these vendors, but hope that this info helps people access some of the great resources Humphrey has published. Kaye Steward

    01/23/2007 08:39:18