Hi Dot, Jane and other cousins, I was able to locate a copy of Amelia Rudd's book, "Records of the Rudd Family," 1920 some time back and have it ordered from a rare book dealer in Rosscarbery, County Cork, Ireland. I'll let y'all know when I receive it. Celia PS: I also have "The Mavericks of Devonshire and Masschusetts" on order. >Dear Jane: > >I'm not sure which Rudd book you are referring to, but there used to be a >ref. only >book in the New Eng. H. & G. Society in Boston. This was a good many years >ago, and the only Rudd book I had ever found up to that point. They wouldn't >let >me photocopy it, and I was just getting ready to leave for home after a week >long >seminar at the NEHG. I was so mad at them that I just walked out. Talk about >biting off your nose -----. > >Dot Rudd DuMond