Cyndi, Please excuse my fears, but as a 25 year criminal investigator I look twice at such proposals. I'm assuming Cheryl Hawleys credentials are valid and this is a legitimate finding and legitimate request for funds? I've been deep in the genealogy work for 3 years now and continuously appreciate the work you've done, the awards you've received and to know you're a "neighbor". Ron Bestrom Tacoma/Puyallup unicorporated Cyndi Howells wrote: > >I also am an antique dealer and had a fellow dealer offer me 6 > >original, handwritten birth/marriage/death register ledger books!!! > >I purchased one from him a couple of months ago and it is exactly > >the type of ledger you find in the county courthouse or archive with > >all the original documents!!! > > > >If I don't purchase these from him he is going to take them apart > >and sell them sheet by sheet at auction!! If anyone would like to > >donate a few dollars to help rescue these ledgers I would really > >appreciate it! > > Cheryl - > How about a more complete description of the books. What > area/region/state do they cover? What time period? How many pages > in each book? etc. > > Then, what do you plan to do with the ledgers once you purchase them? > > Thanks, > Cyndi -- Engång skall du vara en av dem som levat för längesen. - Pär Lagerkvist, Aftonland (Some day you shall be among those who lived long ago.)