Those of you who can access the online genealogical database called HeritageQuest through your local or nearby public library [only libraries can subscribe] may like to explore some of the Books which have been digitized. I did a PLACE search on my local library's HeritageQuest search engine for north carolina. Lots of books pertaining to various counties, including one about Rowan Co. Remember that Rowan Co. was formed from Anson County and later divided into many other counties. If you are looking for early folks, who went thataway, also check the listings for Tennessee, claimed by North Carolina until well after the American Revolution. If your local library does not subscribe to HQ, consult with the reference librarian to find out whether a nearby public library does subscribe. Then ask if you can become a member of that other library--for a small annual fee. If so, then you can sit at home, most of the time, and access HQ and hunt in old books, some of the censuses [not all have been indexed, alas!] and so on. If a librarian cannot help you navigate the website, get a 12-year-old neighbor to help you!!! E.W.Wallace with lots of North Carolina colonials--from Craven Co. on the East to old Rowan Co. and Stokes Co. and Surry Co. on the west! **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)

Hi Yes agree good search data I use it almost daily North Carolina has a data base on line Nclive,org Every one in NC can use Heritagequest with a password from your Public Library or any College Library from home computer.. If your computer does not have any soft ware blocking use you can use it I have a password from Wilkes Public Library Its free The pass word changes from time to time Jeanie Hdanw@aol.com wrote: Those of you who can access the online genealogical database called HeritageQuest through your local or nearby public library [only libraries can subscribe] may like to explore some of the Books which have been digitized. I did a PLACE search on my local library's HeritageQuest search engine for north carolina. Lots of books pertaining to various counties, including one about Rowan Co. Remember that Rowan Co. was formed from Anson County and later divided into many other counties. If you are looking for early folks, who went thataway, also check the listings for Tennessee, claimed by North Carolina until well after the American Revolution. If your local library does not subscribe to HQ, consult with the reference librarian to find out whether a nearby public library does subscribe. Then ask if you can become a member of that other library--for a small annual fee. If so, then you can sit at home, most of the time, and access HQ and hunt in old books, some of the censuses [not all have been indexed, alas!] and so on. If a librarian cannot help you navigate the website, get a 12-year-old neighbor to help you!!! E.W.Wallace with lots of North Carolina colonials--from Craven Co. on the East to old Rowan Co. and Stokes Co. and Surry Co. on the west! --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.