AMEN to everything you said! I have one book and am going to buy another one. The book is a treasure to have. I have even written in mine and added my own notes. It is priceless to me. Annette Sanders Person, hometown and heart are in Center I live in Bergheim,Tx. [email protected] wrote: > This is a testimonial FOR buying the Shelby County history book which > possibly is being reprinted. I look at a lot of County history books and > none that I have seen are better. Many are not as good. The illustrations > in it by Shelby County's Woodrow Foster put it in a category all its on. You > are more interested in the contents than you are the looks, of course. I > promise you, you'll enjoy even the articles which are not about your own > family. They often help to understand earlier times or even suggest > migration patterns to Shelby County and other ideas to help in further > research of your own. > I first understood the benefit of a county history when I saw an article > in one which was prepared about 1895 and was about my husband's great > grandfather. It had information the family no longer knew and put me further > back on research than I likely ever would have gotten on my own. Such a book > gains in value and importance. > I own two of the Shelby County books. Admittedly, I'm glad I bought them > at the prepublication price, but the books are worth the price that has to be > asked now and if I didn't already have one for each of my children, I'd be on > the list to buy. > County history books preserve history and will be more valuable in years > to come than they are now. > All four of my grandparents and their long established Shelby County > families are in the present book. However, my response to a question about a > new book is that I very likely would submit newly written articles, and I'd > be a customer again. As to how a new book should be done, one thing I'd > like to see is a little paper pamphlet containing names and addresses of > submitters accompanying each book. For a few years, that would be good for > making contacts. > [email protected]