It is on-line at HeritageQuest. I just searched Rowan County (they have lots more, too). If you are lucky your local library may have a subscription which you can access with your library card number. I got it by subscribing to the Godfrey Memorial Library, www.godfrey.org . There are other subscription libraries and historical or genealogical societies that offer it. Elaine Oakes > I believe you're talking about A History of Rowan County, North Carolina, > ("containing sketches of Prominent Families and Distinguished Men, with an > Appendix"), by Rev. Jethro Rumple. It was originally published in 1881 by J. J. > Bruner of Salisbury - who was an ancestor of my husband. It has been republished > since by Heritage Books, Inc., of Bowie, MD. I am not aware of a Adobe > Acrobat version of this on CD or the internet. A brief Google search didn't turn > it up. Does anyone else know anything different? > > Katherine Dick Benbow

When someone who has a copy has time to do a lookup, I would be interested in any references on LEMLY/LEMLEY. Sometimes Limly and Limbly depending on how old the data is.... thanks, belinda