Hi Frank, Col. John Wise of England and Virginia (1617-1695); his ancestors and descendants is held by the Eastern Shore Public Library in Virginia (http://www.espl.org) . I am currently attempting to get it through intralibrary loan. I don't know yet if it will be available through this service. Here is the pertinent information: CALL NUMBER: 929.2 Wis DATE: c1918] AUTHOR: Wise, Jennings Cropper, 1881-1968 TITLE: Col. John Wise of England and Virginia (1617-1695); his ancestors and descendants EDITION: PAGES: 352, [4] p. illus (incl. por PUBLISHER: [Richmond Va., The Bell Books and Stationery Co., c1918] NOTES: "Two hundred and seventy-five copies ... printed." Contains the Douglas, Beverley, Scarburgh and other families. "Authorities... SUBJECT 1: Wise family (John Wise, 1617-1695) SUBJECT 2: Douglas family Good luck, Dennis Wise -----Original Message----- From: The Wise Family [mailto:Macmhuirich@email.msn.com] Sent: Thursday, November 05, 1998 9:08 PM To: WISE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Looking for a Look-up Does anyone have the book "Col. John Wise of England & Va., 1617-1695: his ancestors. & descendants.", by J.C.Wise? If so, will look to see if Sylvester J. WISE, my ggf, is entered therein? I've been looking for him for years without success. He was born abt 1850 and married Hattie LASLEY. Thanks and... Happy Hunting, Frank Wise [mailto:macmhuirich@email.msn.com] Researching WISE, BLEVENS, BITNER, LASLEY, SANDS, NOBLETT, GRAY My wife, Nancy's lines are: STOFFER, WEBBER, BOYNTON, OWEN, LUTHY, FAGAN Sylvester J. Wise where are you? =================================== Visit our WISE family website at http://geocities.com/heartland/fields/4363/