Oops - I didn't realize it was such an old book. Sorry. My technique for that is to log into the "Used & Out of Print" section of the Barnes and Noble website (www.barnesandnoble.com) and search on the name of the author and see if it comes up. Oftentimes book resellers obtain old books for their invventory. Once it gets logged into the bookseller's MIS system, it is assigned an ISBN, regardless when it was published. Then I use that number on Google in search of library catalogs that have it. I have been successful more often than not in finding an ISBN #. If I don't know the author, I search on keywords from the title. Booksellers often make mistakes or abbreviate titles, so using a keyword search seems to be more effective. The local library computer system will have access to all the online library catalogues in the country and they will be more than happy to help you learn how to search it and request an inter-library loan. Good luck! Tink At 01:29 PM 9/19/06, you wrote: >I have searched the book inside out , there is no copyright . From >the letters written about the church from many pastors in the area , >the closest date I can get is 1984 . The book is a soft cover and on >the back it says 200th Jubilee of 200 years of American Methodism . > There are many names of those who designated gifts to the church > in 1984 among them is a Mr and Mrs Merle H Bingaman , Dr and Mrs > Richard McClarren , some other surnames ; Lowans , Pheil, Garnes , > Beard , Grove , Chamberlain , Hawbaker , Hege , Shoop, Gossert, > some of these families were married into my Beck family . > There is a list of Pastors starting in 1818 with J.Caleb Reynolds > and ending with 1980 to present ( I guess 1984 ? ) James A. Diles > I would think that the church would have a copy , and the local > Library too , but not sure what they would list it as ? > > >Kathy > > > > >--------------------------------- >Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message