I saw this subject name pop up in a recent post on this list. Most of the subscribers probably know this, but if you don't, listen up. In the Family History Library Catalog on _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) , you can do a Surname search. If you search for common names, you will be sorry. However, Embrey and its variant spellings is fairly uncommon. Do a Surname search for uncommon surnames--one at a time. I note that there are ten publications at the Family History LIbrary in Salt Lake City which deal with the Embrey surname. If the book or publication has NOT been filmed and you think you would like to borrow the film through your nearby Family History Center, ask that the publication be filmed or microfiched. If a title is listed twice in a catalog entry, one of the entries probably refers to a film or a fiche, so click away. Look for the word Forms somewhere on the familysearch.org website, and then choose from a drop-down menu *Sort by title* Click on R for the word Request. The form you are seeking is Request for Photocopy. One techinique a researcher taught me, but which I have NOT used, is to ask for a photocopy of the index of any book held by the FH Library. Then you can choose the page numbers which you want photocopied and make a new request. I believe that same form allows for you to request a microfiche. (In some cases, if a publication is under copyright, your request for the whole thing to be microfiched or filmed MAY be denied.) But, if you don't ask, you won't know. E.W.Wallace **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

If I don't know the first name of a person I am looking for what I do is start with the common first names of male and female...John, Thomas, William and Joseph. Mary, Martha etc.Everybody has one of those in their family. And I also be sure to pick a state. That narrows down the field and you can expand it from there.