RHODAJ6@aol.com wrote: > > Am I reading this wrong? If the surname is Smith, don't bother with the > Family Tree Maker. I was born a Smith and am having serious problems tracing > ancestors from Dauphin Co., Pa. Rhoda et al: Just slightly - Since there are SO many Smith names in Egle's Notes, I didn't want to tie up the day looking for a certain Smith I didn't know anything about. Just checked it out, and Egle's Index has OVER 58 SCREEN PAGES of Smiths - About four pages are JOHN SMITH. It you decide to take a look, have fun and stock up on the soda and pizza! Egle published his writings in ABOUT 13 volumes, available in many libraries (Harrisburg but not Middletown). They are ALMOST all on FTM's CD#019, and a fantastic amount of research in crammed onto this disk. Except the BRINSER family - I don't know why there are no references to that family, prominent in olde Lancaster County (including present Dauphin County). I've given many credits to Egle on my various home pages about old cemeteries in the greater Middletown area, having discovered other researchers using his material chose not to cite their source of information. -- Regards, with regrets to Netscape6 users (what a mess!) CHARLES EARL FIES -- Fies Family Fotos <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/> BABB - HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Babbs.html> DAUPHIN CO. CEMETERIES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/DauphinCo.html> ERNST-GRUBER <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Ernsts.html> FIES/FEES Family History Research Site <http://www.fies-fees.org> Forgotten Cemeteries <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Forgotten.html> FRASCELLA -- <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Frascella.html> HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Hartman.html> SCHLEGEL-PETERS <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/EarlPete.html> SNYDER-JONES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/ermafies.html> SWARTZ / SCHWARTZ <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Swartz.html> WIELAND-YOUNG-STONER<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Wealands.html> ZIMMERMAN - Berks Co PA<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Zimmerman.html>