My cousin Vonda's first book .... if you are interested in a copy you can contact her via e-mail at vonda@nauticom.net and order a copy. Here is the clipping from the publisher (Mechling Books). Furrows of the Past Plowing into the Future: A History of Mercer County Agriculture, 1999 by Vonda L. Minner This newly-written book includes the genealogy of many farming families as well as history of their farms in the Mercer County area. It describes the century farms, the dairy industry, granges and farm organizations as well as history of the dairy queen in Mercer County. Family names include Aiken, Albert, Amon, Anderson, Artherholt, Aurandt, Bagnall, Barber, Bardelick, Barnes, Bartholomew, Beal, Beatty, Beck, Beckstine, Bish, Blake, Bortz, Boston, Bromley, Brown, Buchanan, Buckwalter, Calvert, Campbell, Canon, Christy, Conner, Coulter, Courtney, Curry, Davis, Dick, Donner, Drake, Durisko, Edeburn, Edwards, Enterline (Enderline), Faulconbridge, Fells, Firth, Fox, Friede, Fyffe, Gadsby, Garrett, Gearhart, Geibel, George, Gildersleeve, Gilkey, Gill, Gilmore, Goodemote, Goroncy, Grace, Gregg, Greggs, Gregory, Gruber, Gutkowski, Hanna, Hawthorne, Hayes, Hill, Hillmar, Hoagland, Hoffman, Hood, Hover, Hunt, Inman, James, Jamison, Johnston, Jones, Kasbee, Kennedy, King, Kirk, Klingensmith, Knudson, Kurtanich, Lackey, Leise, Lewis, Ligo, Liszka, Little, Lowry, McCartney, McCleary, McClenahan, McCoy, McCullough, McDougall, McDowell, McFadden, McFarland, McKean, McWhirter, Magee, Marsteller, Miles, Miller, Mills, Minner, Minor, Montgomery, Moose, Morrison, Mozes, Murcko, Nickel, Nottingham, Oakes, Osborne, Parker, Patterson, Paxton, Pearson, Philson, Pilgram, Pizor, Powell, Ramsey, Reigelman, Robinson, Ruffing, Schepp, Scott, Seamans, Shannon, Shearer, Simone, Smith, Snyder, Stanley, Stewart, Stocker, Struble, Struthers, Sturgin, Tait, Taylor, Thompson, Trammell, Turner, Unger, Vollero, Wallace, Weber, Webster, Werger, Weygandt, White, Winner, Womer, Woods, Yasnowsky, Yeager, Yeagley, Young, Zahniser and many more. Agriculture business directory, B&W photos and great stories. Ed Albert Web Manager The Albert Family - http://AlbertTree.genealogy.org The Albert Resource Center: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~albert/surnames/alberts.htm Join the Albert Genealogy Web Ring - Visit http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~albert/webring.htm Also, Join the Albert Mailing list - send e-mail with "subscribe" in the body to ALBERT-L@rootsweb.com for all messages or ALBERT-D@rootsweb.com for the digest mode