Dear, dear David! Forgive my outburst regarding your message!!! :-D Oh, I can't BELIEVE that Sharon Taylor, aka Halbert's, Inc., 3699 Ira Road, Bath, Ohio 44210 is still actually in business!! BTW, I am only ASSUMING that she's still involved under that name and that is the current address of Halbert's. I've been receiving similar mail from her under various disguises for well over 10 years, I have seen a copy of one of her so-called-family "registries" and rather go into detail (that my be considered libelous by her attornies--and I feel certain that she has a whole stable full), I will just give my personal opinion from my personal observation. Since I know that you have done a great deal of work on your personal Huffines family, I feel that you will not be any further ahead by purchasing the book that Halbert is advertising. A PA-Dutch friend, vee David Huffines wrote: > > Today I received an advertisement from Halbert's concerning their Census > Book Offer. Normally I am quite suspicious about such companies, but I > don't want to miss a good thing, if it is. > > > Their pitch to me is a book: "The Huffines in America: From 1790 to 1997." > The book purports to contain records of 61 Huffines who have been recorded > since the first census in 1790. (I think that I probably have more census > appearances than that, especially if you count the other variant > spellings.) Then it says that there are 437 Huffines Households in the US > and they are going to give me those with addresses. (I have all that on my > phone directory CD's.) > > > There is a careful disclaimer: "No direct genealogical connection to your > family or to your ancestry is implied or intended." > > > Satisfaction if Guaranteed and an "unquestioned full refund of the purchase > price" if returned within 15 days of receipt. Has anyone had any > experience with this? or with this company? > > > > David Huffines