Hi Venango listers, A member of another PA list reported today on a Penn State University site: <http://apps.libraries.psu.edu/digitalbookshelf/books.cfm> I just visited it and checked it out. This site isn't completely usable without a HIGH speed internet connection. Many of the tomes on the Digital Bookshelf are 10, 20 or even 100+ mb in size. I happened to hit one of the latter and was able to go have lunch while it was downloading. And I have a broadband connection! These are all PDF (Adobe acrobat reader) files. They are well indexed. HOWEVER, unless you have a pretty good idea which volume contains info on your ancestor or other topic, you'll waste a LOT of time waiting for stuff to download, then scanning through it only to find one tiny reference to your relative amidst a list of landowners or Civil War soldiers. While the "search" feature does work, it seems to yield dozens of hits, with no useful accompanying text to give you a clue as to what there might be on the subject you're searching for. Your best bet might be to try this address: <http://apps.libraries.psu.edu/digitalbookshelf/> Select "browse by title", then see if there appears to be a book which looks promising. THEN download the book and search through it. Good luck! Chuck Carey researching PERRY, SMITH, RUSSELL, LANE in Venango county, PA