Hi everyone, I thought I would run this through again with more information, hoping someone will recognize a name. I am looking for the next generation back from this family. I am also looking for any information about the fate of the rest of the family. David, his wife, and 4 of their children died of Branch Fever (diphtheria). The rest came to live in Iowa with their grandparents, the Bowman's. Erica Christensen Here is what I have: 1. ABEDNEGO LARY was born Abt. 1784. (must have died after 1850 census was taken) He married (1) SARAH HENTON August 19, 1806 in Rockingham County, Virginia, daughter of JOHN HENTON and JANE (PINSCHER). She was born Abt. 1787. He married (2) NANCY BRIDGES January 01, 1824 in Rockingham County, Virginia. She was born Abt. 1794. More About ABEDNEGO LARY: Census 1: 1810, Rockingham County, Virginia - Abednego LEARY Census 2: 1820, Rockingham County, Virginia - Abednago LAZY Census 3: 1830, Rockingham County, Virginia - Abednego LARY Census 4: 1840, Augusta County, Virginia - Abdenego LARY Census 5: 1850, Rockingham County, Virginia - Alodugo LARY Children of ABEDNEGO LARY and SARAH HENTON are: 2. i. SILAS LARY, b. Abt. 1819. 3. ii. DAVID HENTON LARY, b. November 1821, Rockingham County, Virginia; d. February 09, 1864, Rockingham County, Virginia. Children of ABEDNEGO LARY and NANCY BRIDGES are: iii. HANNAH LEARY, b. 1828. iv. MARY LEARY, b. 1830. v. JOHN H. LEARY, b. 1833. vi. ELIZA LEARY, b. 1837. vii. FRANCIS M. LEARY, b. 1849. Generation No. 2 2. SILAS LARY was born Abt. 1819. He married MARGARET MILLER. Children of SILAS LARY and MARGARET MILLER are: i. DAVID LEARY, b. Abt. 1842. ii. MARY LEARY, b. Abt. 1844. iii. BARBARA AMERICAN LEARY, b. Abt. 1848; d. October 15, 1864. 3. DAVID HENTON LARY was born November 1821 in Rockingham County, Virginia, and died February 09, 1864 in Rockingham County, Virginia. He married SUSANNA ELIZABETH BOWMAN April 12, 1845 in Rockingham County, Virginia, daughter of JACOB BOWMAN and ELIZABETH KEISTER. She was born December 29, 1827 in Rockingham County, Virginia, and died November 03, 1863 in Rockingham County, Virginia. Children of DAVID LARY and SUSANNA BOWMAN are: i. MARY ANN LARY, b. April 09, 1847, Rockingham County, Virginia; d. February 10, 1864, Rockingham County, Virginia. ii. JAMES A. LARY, b. August 1849, Rockingham County, Virginia; d. March 14, 1864, Rockingham County, Virginia. iii. JOHN F. LARY, b. October 29, 1850, Rockingham County, Virginia; d. October 20, 1934, Dunlap, Iowa. iv. SARAH LARY, b. December 12, 1851, Rockingham County, Virginia; d. July 08, 1917; m. ALFRED HURST, 1873; b. November 19, 1846, Hull, England in the sub district of Mylon; d. 1915. v. ALICE BOWMAN LARY, b. 1854; d. March 1945; m. LANDON T. NORTHROP, April 23, 1878. vi. BENJAMIN DUNDORE LARY, b. September 20, 1857, Rockingham County, Virginia; d. February 02, 1941; m. ANN FITCH. vii. HENRY O. WISE LARY, b. May 13, 1859, Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia; d. April 21, 1953, Council Bluffs, Pottawatomie County, Iowa; m. MARY AMELIA GARDNER, February 20, 1882, ?Harlan, Iowa; b. January 07, 1866, Linn County, Iowa; d. January 16, 1928, Dunlap, Iowa. viii. CHARLES JOSEPH MCLAIN LARY, b. June 02, 1859; m. GEORGIANNA A. MYRICK. ix. ADAH N. LARY, b. January 1862, Rockingham County, Virginia; d. February 1864, Rockingham County, Virginia. x. HENTON D. LARY, b. March 1862, Rockingham County, Virginia; d. February 18, 1864, Rockingham County, Virginia.

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JUST FORWARDING, DO NOT REPLY TO OLIVERKID, PLEASE! :) Some descendants of Edward Reaburn/Rayburn b. abt 1727: http://www.primenet.com/~dlytton/wdc/z0000027.html Edward died May 1754 in Augusta Co VA. Descendants were also located in Jackson, Mason, Cabel counties of WV, many other areas of VA/WV, and several states including KY, OH, MO, IN. Surnames in this chart: Allen, Almond, Armstrong, Atkins, Baker, Ball, Ballard, Barnett, Barr, Beaumont, Beck, Becker, Bedinger, Belt, Bennett, Benton, Bindhammer, Birdwell, Bishop, Black, Blair, Bledsoe, Blessing, Blue, Boggess, Boswell, Bower, Bowles, Bowman, Bowyer, Brady, Brown, Brugger, Bullard, Bunnette, Burdett, Burnem, Burrows, Buttler, Buttollph, Cable, Caldwell, Cambell, Canteberry, Carper, Cass, Casto, Cessner, Choteau, Christal, Clapper, Clay, Clendenin, Combs, Comer, Condee, Cook, Coppers, Corbet, Correll, Coryell, Crankshaw, Crawford, Crist, Cummingham, Damson, Daniels, Daniels, Daugherty, Dungan, Dunham, Eckard, Edwards, Elliott, Engle, Eskew, Evans, Fisher, Flannigan, Foglesong, Fountain, Fowler, Frame, Frazier, Fredenburg, Fuller, Gibson, Giddings, Gilbert, Gloeckner, Goodman, Gray, Greer, Grey, Groome, Gugisberg, Haines, Hamilton, Harding, Hardy, Harrington, Harriott, Harris, Harrison, Hartley, Hartpence, Hawkins, Henry, Hickman, Hill, Hills, Hogshead, Hood, Houseman, Howser, Hubbard, Hughes, Hutchinson, Hutton, Irons, Jamison, Janey, Jeffers, Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Keeney, Kessel, Kilpatrick, Kincade, Kincaid, King, Knapp, Kyle, Lanham, Lary, Lawrance, Legg, Lewis, Little, Lodge, Long, Love, Ludington, Mays, McCallister, McClellan, McClelland, McClure, McCoy, McDaniel, McDermitt, McDermont, McFarland, McGrath, McMahone, McNew, McPherson, Metz, Miller, Milles, Misner, Mohr, Moore, Moorehead, Morehead, Morris, Mulkey, Mullineaux, Mundy, Murphy, Musgrove, Nace, Neal, Nease, Newall, Newcomb, Nicholson, Nickell, Overman, Parker, Parsons, Patterson, Patton, Perkins, Peters, Phillips, Pitts, Porter, Pratt, Prevo, Price, Pringle, Rader, Rainey, Rayburn, Reburn, Reed, Riddle, Riffle, Ritchie, Robinson, Rogers, Rouse, Roush, Rowen, Rowsey, Russell, Sambett, Sammie, Sayre, Scarberry, Scott, Sebrell, See, Selbe, Selby, Sewell, Shaw, Shough, Shumate, Skidmore, Slayton, Smith, Steel, Stephenson, Stinson, Suttoron, Swaggert, Swisher, Teeters, Thomas, Thompson, Tolbert, Toler, Tracy, Tucker, Turner, Valentine, Varian, Vaughn, Walker, Wallace, Ward, Warner, Warren, Waters, Waugh, Weaver, Wells, Wheeler, Whitaker, White, Windon, Wiseman, Wood, Workman, Wylie, Yeager, Zerkle and Zuspan -Contributor names and email address are at the ends of most charts- Search People Indexes: http://www.primenet.com/~dlytton/wdc/wdc.html Daryl Lytton - WDC GenWeb Project Coordinator - dlytton@primenet.com

Thanks for your sympathy and assistance. Unfortunately, it appears the drive heads are jammed on the data. I've had people working on it. I intend to retain the hard disk in a safe place until a cure is found for this disease! Recommendations from the specialists I have consulted say a zip drive is not as reliable as a CD Rom R/W (read/write). Buy the fastest rpm you can afford. Prices are high now but will be coming down. They go between $250-400.00. May I suggest you BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP away from your hard drive. Thanks, Kim OliverKid@aol.com Researching: OLIVER, LOFFLAND, GUINTHER, ROUSH, RICKARD, MEHAN, LANDERS, BASHAM, EDWARDS, SPRIGGS, ET AL in VA, WV, & OH

In a message dated 3/17/00 8:28:01 AM Eastern Standard Time, OLIVERKID@aol.com writes: > My system crashed and took my entire family tree with it. What part do you need, who? Back up, back up, back up, make a file and keep it on floppy disk somewhere else, time to make a new one and take it to work Sandy in Florida

Dear Friends, Family, and Fellow Listers, My system crashed and took my entire family tree with it. If you have any part of my tree that I sent to you, someone else you know, or if you connect to mine, please, PLEASE, send me a private email with an attachment. Then I can begin the monumental task of rebuilding. Thanks, OLIVERKID@aol.com Kim

Hello, I have just subscribed to your list, for Rackingham Co., VA. This weekend we came into possession of several old books thought to be owned by persons in McGaheysville, VA. I will list them here. "A Childs Life of Christ" handwritten inside is Mr. Claude Breeden , McGaheysville, VA, Dec 25, 1912. This book was published in 1900. Felix Holt "The Radical" bookplate inside cover reads: Library Oak Hill Academy. Handwritten: E.L. Lambe, Feb 22nd, 1893. Shakspere, "The Merchant of Venice". Handwritten inside: Helen Braden M.H. S. In the lexieon of youth, there is no such word as fail. 91 on Examination. [This book was printed in 1900] Holy Bible. Handwritten inside is: Mary C. Strerit (I think, it is written four times, but is hard to read), 1866. Handwritten in back cover is: D.T. Streit, March 9th_____. Also, James H. Jones, Feb 19, 1870. This Bible was published in 1852. These books were supposedly purchased in a sale at McGaheysville ? If any of these names are familiar, please let me know. We would like to return them to family members, or a good home where they will be appreciated. Koren Fae Rawlings 304-358-3261 Pendleton Co, WVa Historical Preservation Association P.O. Box 1036 Franklin, WV 26807-1036 pendhist@access.mountain.net

Just received photocopies of wills from Rockingham County. Because one of my wills overlapped onto the next page, I received the complete will of the above subject. Is this will of interest to anyone? Maggie

Hi, Can anyone tell me where Fort Hoover was located? Thanks M Hill ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

The following was posted at one of the Rootsweb County sites. I received permission to post it here. Maggie *************************** I'm not related to this person, just wanted to share this hoping it might help some else. _______________________________________________ Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski Counties, Indiana, Illustrated, Volume 1, 1899 pp. 926-928 DAVID YOST The YOST family springs from old colonial stock of Virginia and German ancestry, who were Lutherans. ANTHONY YOST, the grandfather of DAVID, was a farmer in Rockingham County, Virginia, and his children were JOHN, JACOB, ANTHONY, ABRAHAM, WILLIAM; MAGDALENE, who married WILLIAM GLADDEN and settled in Wea prairie, Tippecanoe County; a daughter who married MR. BOWERS and located in Preble County, Ohio; another daughter, who became the wife of a man named WIKLES; and still another, who became MRS. BECK. ANTHONY YOST settled at an early day in Preble County, Ohio, as a pioneer, cleared a tract of land in the forest and passed his remaining days there, as a farmer. He lived to be a man of venerable age, dying at his home in Preble County. JACOB YOST, the father of our subject, was born in 1805, in Rockingham County, Virginia, and when young went to Preble County, Ohio, where he was brought up a farmer and also learned the distilling business. In the county mentioned he married RACHEL FOUTS, a native of North Carolina. MR. YOST continued to reside in Preble County, for a number of years after his marriage, and then emigrated to Indiana, settling in Tippecanoe County, on the Wea prairie near the GLADDENS, about 1839. Next he purchased land on the Wildcat Creek, in Carroll County, and finally owned about two hundred acres. He did not settle on the land just alluded to, but continued to follow the business of distilling, settling about 1843 on land near where his grandson AMOS now lives, in Perry Township, when there were three distilleries in the neighborhood. His children were: WILLIAM, born in 1827; ISAAC, in 1829; JAMES, about 1831; DAVID, January 17, 1832; CATHERINE, who died an infant; JACOB; LEVI, who died young; MARY, JOHN and GEORGE. The first six were born in Preble county, Ohio, and the others in this county. MR. YOST was an industrious and upright man who reared his children to good habits. He died in August, 1854, in Perry township, this county, at the age of fifty-five years. DAVID YOST, the father of our subject, was born January 17, 1832, in Preble county, Ohio, and was seven years old when brought by his parents to Tippecanoe county. He received no school education, but learned to read and write by his own energies, while he was brought up among the typical pioneers of this great state. Throughout the most of his life, especially in his younger days, he was employed in clearing land. At the age of twenty-two years, in 1855, in Perry township, he married MARY J. WEAVER, who was born March 7, 1839, in that township, a daughter of JOHN and CATHERINE (HOMER) WEAVER. JOHN WEAVER was born in Ohio, of sturdy Pennsylvania-Dutch stock from Montgomery county, Ohio. He moved to Tippecanoe county in pioneer times, locating on land in Perry township. His father, JACOB WEAVER, also came to Perry township and built a mill on the south fork of the Wildcat, and this was one of the earliest mills in Perry township. JOHN WEAVER became a prosperous and substantial farmer, owning at the time of his death about two hundred acres of land. His children were SAMUEL, CHARLES, MARY J. and JAMES. He died at the age of about fifty-five years, a member of the "Dunkard" church. After his marriage DAVID YOST resided in Perry township, bought land in the green woods in Ross Township, Clinton County, Indiana, where he cleared a goodly farm of eighty acres, and completed a comfortable residence with inviting premises. By his first wife his children were CHARLES, WISLEY and JOHN. The mother of these children died in 1858, three years after marriage at the early age of nineteen years. She was a young woman of noble character. In 1865 MR. YOST married, in Darke County, Ohio, MRS. SARAH (WEYBRIGHT) LUCAS, the widow of GEORGE LUCAS, and by this marriage there were five children: AARON, AMOS, DAVID, RACHEL and NANCY. MRS. YOST died March 21, 1877. MR. YOST is a member of the German Baptist church, as were also both his wives. He has always been a hard-working farmer, and, in relation to his fellow-citizens, zealous in good works. AMOS YOST, one of the sons above mentioned and also one of the subjects of this sketch, was born in Clinton county, Ohio, April 27, 1867, brought up on a farm and received a common-school education an also a normal education at the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, and also a collegiate training at Purdue University, near Lafayette, this state. After quitting the halls of scholastic learning, he began teaching a public school, in Ross Township, Clinton County, this state, in 1890, and continued the successful prosecution of his profession there for five years. In 1896 he began teaching in Perry Township, Tippecanoe County where he is at present a well known educator. He purchased forty acres of good farming land, settling upon it in 1895, and here he has a pleasant home. He is a young man of good education and intellectual ability, having a good reputation throughout the county as an efficient educator and being uniformly successful in his school work. Politically he is a Republican. He was married in Clinton County, Indiana, August 13, 1893, to MYRTLE WOODRUFF. MR. YOST's children are VELDA R., born September 11, 1894 ; and LILA BERNICE, born February 12, 1898. CHARLES W. YOST, another son of DAVID YOST, and a patron of this work, was born May 13, 1856, in Carroll County, Indiana, received the usual country school education and has always been a farmer. At the age of twenty-four years he married, in Perry Township, February 17, 1881, VIOLA MAY WARWICK, who was born in this township, in 1860, a daughter of ROBERT and ELIZABETH (STALEY) WARWICK . After marriage Mr. YOST occupied rented land for several years, and in 1892 moved to his present farm of one hundred and fifty acres, well improved. His children are CLARENCE, BERTHA and EVA M. Politically he is a Republican. He is an honored citizen of the township, of which he has been trustee three years and is a practical, straightforward honorable citizen. AARON YOST, still another son of DAVID YOST, is a practical farmer and respected citizen of Perry township, born in Clinton County, Indiana, October 21, 1865. He received a common-school education, taught school two winters in Perry Towship, and October 18, 1889, married RENA WARWICK, also a native of this township, born April 28, 1870, on the WARWICK homestead, a daughter of GEORGE W. and CATHERINE (BARR) WARWICK. After his marriage MR. YOST continued to reside on the WARWICK homestead, and is well known as a straight forward and practical farmer. His children are DALE M., born April 22, 1890 and VERNE W., born November 15, 1894. Professor JOHN YOST, another son of DAVID, has passed all his professional life in the educational field, and is now a resident of Egg Harbor, Wisconsin.

Greetings, Seeking any info. on William & Hannah (SHAVER) PHILLIPS. William was b.June 4, 1819 in Rockingham co. and Hannah was b. April 26, 1822 also in Rockingham. They moved to Clinton co.,IA either just before or during the Civil War. Most interested in finding who their parents were. Thank you, Chuck

I have some in the area, does anyone know this family, thanks Sandy in Florida Descendants of John Bush 1 John Bush b: 1746 in Virginia . +Kisiah Unknown Father: Mother: .... 2 Aaron Bush b: 1776 in Rockingham Co., VA d: 1857-1872 in Greenup Co., KY ........ +Mary Meadows b: 1764-1768 m: 11 November 1804 in Rockingham Co., VA Father: Francis MEADOWS, Sr. Mother: Mary Kesiah BELL .... 2 Elizabeth Bush b: 1763-1768 d: Aft. 1841 in Monroe Co., VA ........ +Michael Faizle m: 16 November 1783 in Rockingham, VA Father: Mother: .... *2nd Husband of Elizabeth Bush: ........ +William Fisher m: 31 December 1812 in Monroe Co., VA Father: Mother: .... 2 Frances Bush b: 1772 in Rockingham Co., VA d: 08 February 1853 in Monroe Co., VA ........ +Francis "Frank" Meadows, Jr. b: February 1754 in Essex/Orange Co., VA m: 18 September 1797 in Rockingham Co., VA d: 20 November 1836 in Monroe Co., VA Alt. date: December 1836 death Father: Francis MEADOWS, Sr. Mother: Mary Kesiah BELL .... 2 Margaret Bush b: 1786-1791 ........ +John Baker m: 1806 in Rockingham, VA Father: Mother: .... 2 Edmund Bush ........ +Elizabeth Worken m: 05 September 1798 in Rockingham Co., VA Father: Mother: .... 2 George Bush ........ +Caty Maggart b: 1775 m: 17 July 1802 in Rockingham Co., VA Father: Mother: .... 2 John Bush ........ +Violetta Crawford m: 17 October 1807 in Monroe Co., VA Father: Mother: .... 2 Juda Bush ........ +Thomas Richards m: 25 September 1817 in Greenup Co., KY Father: Mother: .... 2 Meredith Bush ........ +Rebecca Basly/Bailey m: 30 May 1826 in Greenup Co., KY Father: Mother: .... 2 Nathan Bush b: 1781 ........ +Barbara Maggart b: 1783 m: 21 February 1803 in Monroe Co., VA Father: Mother: .... 2 Mary Bush ........ +Isaac Fisher m: 1809 in Monroe Co., VA Father: Mother: .... 2 Joseph Bush ........ +Polly Cartwright m: 1808 in Monroe Co., VA Father: Mother: .... 2 Gerry Bush

Seeking any info about Barnabas Bowman b. 1784 in Rockingham County, Va. Barnabas married Catherine Wilson 1809 in Carter county Tn. Barnabas is listed in the 1811 Clay county Tax List but is not in the 1810 or 1820 census. Any clue about who Barnabas father could have been appreciated. Thanks, Carol Cantrell

Dear List, Looking for anyone with information on this family: According to marriage records at Rockingham Co.Courthouse: Bond Book 4, pg 123 Rockingham Co to wit: This day John Hill wrote oath before me David H Gambill Deputy of Clerk of said County that Sarah Hill daughter of Richard Hill who is about to intermarry with William Gaither is upwards of twenty one >years of age and resides in this county. Given under my hand 8 Feb 1838. Also found in death records: John R. Gaither died 16 Sept 1864 at Almira Prison NY of organic diarrhea. Was 26 y 7 m and 11 days. Unmarried. Parents were William and Sarah F. Gaither. >From the marriage records: Amantha C. Gaither 27 yrs married 18 Oct 1869 to John W. Bryant. She was the daughter of William and Sarah Gaither. Thanks M Hill ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

I hope someone can help. We are looking for parents or siblings of ABEDNEGO LARY, born around 1784. He married SARAH HENTON in 1806 in Rockingham County. He married again in 1824 to NANCY BRIDGES. Children of ABENDNEGO and SARAH are DAVID and SILAS. David married Susanna Bowman in 1845. I have found Abednego in Rockingham and Augusta County's census from 1810 thru 1850. The name is spelled different each record that I find. LARY/LEARY/LAREY Thank you, Erica

If you haven't visited the following website that Judy Campbell has posted, you might check it out. There is a lot of information there on Rockingham County cemeteries. Her Website is http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapage/contents.htm

Hello, I am interested in talking with anyone who has information on the Hills who settled in Rockingham County, VA. Especially interested in John Hill and Humphrey Hill but will gladly correspond with anyone with Hill information. Thank you. M Hill ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi list, I am not sure if I sent this message to this list or not. If I did I am sorry. I am searching for any and all information on the Wakenight Family. If you have researched this family, are a relative of this Family, or just plain have information on this family please contact me. I have included the ulr for my website in case someone is interested. Thank You, Sharon http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wakenightfamily/index.htm

Hello to all: I have been researching the Kingree surname for quite awhile now. We have 9 generations in Rockingham, Shenandoah and Page counties, beginning with Daniel Kingree in 1766. If anyone is researching the Kingree surname, or has the Kingree surname as a collateral line, would you please e-mail me direct? This could have various spellings. Thank you! Pamela Kingree Moats

OK Here's the scoop on the birth records I mentioned yesterday to the lists: 1. Only the Shenandoah VA records came in - not the Rockingham, so those I am still waiting for. 2. The Shenandoah records are births from 1853 through 1892. 3. The names are on a 35mm microfilm photo reel of the original records. 4. The original records were on 2-page, ledger-size sheets (I think approx 8.5 x 14" each sheet), each with about 40 names. There are over 300 pages on the film. I think it was numbered every other page. 5. The records are organized into sections by birth year; within each birth year section into districts (usually townships); and within each township into names sorted by child's (so father's) last name - usually. Sometimes the last name is written first, sometimes last, in the person's name column. 6. The records all show: Date of birth Child's full name Place of birth Father's full name Father's occupation Mother's full name (Many times the married surname - NOT the maiden surname) Person reporting the birth and their relation Misc data about the child such as sex, race, birth problems, etc 7. The writing varies, just like on census films, between unreadable to readable. Generally, the records consist of worse handwriting, and much smaller handwriting, than census films. Many of them are just not readable unless you already know the names involved. Some records were photographed badly, but most are acceptable. 8. At 40 people each page, that means approx 12,000 names. 9. The records are hard to find things on. Knowing the year and the township narrows searches down to several pages which take about 5-8 minutes to scan over. Knowing just the year narrows the search down to 10-15 pages, sometimes more, that take about 20 minutes to scan over. 10. It took me 1.5 hours to go from 1853 to 1871 in examining the film for 1 surname. It would take longer, of course, because of more hits, to search for many names at once. Just like census films, you do get better at understanding each district registrar's handwriting, the longer you work the film. So - I took note of all the surnames that were sent me and I will look up those that I have time to do. The film needs to be sent back Mar 6, maybe I can renew it a few weeks. The Rockingham film, like I said, is not in yet. I received over 60 requests for lookups totaling about 75 surnames. Obviously too much for me to look up at the library on my spare time, so I need to talk to the Shenandoah GenWeb page people to see if a photocopying effort here is the better way to go - affording then a longer time to have volunteers go over the records and transcribe them. Photocopies of one sheet of names MAY take up to 4 xrox copies, depending upon how clear the names appear when reduced to one-page long size copies. Remember I said that the handwriting is very small. The photocopies are negatives - not positives - the handwriting is white on dark gray background. Best case is 2 copies per birth page x 300 pages = 600 copies. Worse case is twice that. At a copy per minute (I suppose), that's 600 minutes or 10 hours. The library would have to cooperate in being ready for that kind of effort. I usually experience a 5% waste due to exposure changes from record to record require a second attempt be made on a copy every now an then. Since somepages are very readable compared to others - just doing those years first might produce a quick product that would have to be augmented later with the harder to copy pages. These films came on VA interlibrary loan. I think any regional library in VA can order them up. I'll be back in touch with the list soon. Bye Kerry Butler kbutler@biztech.net