Hello All, I doubt you will find a copy of the book in a bookstore or publishers list. The correct title of the book is "WOODS - WALLACE COUSINS CLUES", written and self-published by Ruth Lamar Petracek in 1973. I have seen copies in several genealogy libraries, mainly in the Virginia area, but I imagine in the last 27 years copies of it have spread across the United States. I have never known it to be sold by a book publisher. I copied about 30 pages of the book while in Charlottsville VA, and have mailed copies to other people. The pages I have is about one fourth of the book, the part on the family of Michael Woods of Blair Park. The book is good material for the thorough researcher, but be warned that the book contains some speculation on the part of the author, and also some of her information has been dis-proven since the book was written. Several years ago I was researching the family of Michael Woods of Blair Park looking for a connection to Joseph Woods b. 1745 in Albemarle Co, VA. Ruth speculates about the children of Michael, and some of her information on that subject may be in error. You find many trees on the internet that connect to the Michael Woods line. If that is the line you are researching, please do not take everything you find or read for granted. Please seek out sources and documentation to prove that the information is correct. A few years ago I was corresponding with a well known and very thorough Woods-Wallace researcher in California, and I asked her opinion of the Petracek book information. This was her reply: "Ruth has acquired a lot of good information from various sources but a frequently heard complaint about her books (she has self-published several) is she doesn't edit herself well and make sure what she has received is then put into her books accurately, and the books are incredibly jumbled. She also speculates far beyond what is reasonable and ignores some primary sources, and other people's research. She has a tendency to believe in only her own discoveries, sometimes. She also initially did not always record where she found items and remembers incorrectly, yet publishes what she thinks she remembers. However, despite all this, her books are good sources of information. Most of what is in there is correct, and has been verified by several persons' crosschecking. The varied and confused order of the books, however, with either equally confusing or inadequate indices, are not for the impatient or the timid." Those of you who have been on this list for a while will remember the debates, almost heated at times, on the lineage of the Michael Woods-Mary Campbell family. At one time the list moderator was forced to require that you show documentation with any information posted to the list on this family. If you are new at researching this line, PLEASE DOCUMENT YOUR INFORMATION CAREFULLY! There is still a lot of dis-proven and controversial information out there being represented as accurate. Ernie At 08:00 PM 8/22/00, you wrote: >If you find this book please let me know. I have been looking for this >for several years. The only response I have had was someone told me >there was a copy somewhere in CA. I have forgotten where now. >Naturally they don't let it out on interlibrary loan. >Thanks >Paula >paulaj@inetdirect.net >Proud Rootsweb Sponsor >RAOGK Volunteer >-----Original Message----- >From: Sandra Woods <sandrawoods@mediaone.net> >To: WOODS-L@rootsweb.com <WOODS-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 7:13 PM >Subject: [WOODS-L] Woods-Wallace cousins > > > >Hello, I am trying to locate and purchase a book called >"Woods/Wallace cousins". > > > >I can't seem to find a copy anywhere. If anyone has any ideas or >knows where I can buy a copy, please let me know. > > > > > >Thanks > >Sandra > > > > > >==== WOODS Mailing List ==== > >How to UNSUBSCRIBE? > > Send a message to WOODS-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM with only the >word > >"unsubscribe" in the body. SUBECT: is ignored. No signature >blocks... > > > > > > >==== WOODS Mailing List ==== >All rights including Copyrights to the messages sent to this LIST for >distribution to its subscribers remain with the original author of each > message.