I hope the following will be of interest. In doing a Google search for one of my ancestors, I happened onto Google Books. Their web site is a great searchable resource of modern and old books on about any subject you can think of. Most of the more modern books either have no preview, limited preview or a snippet. Many earlier books have the complete book in a PDF file which can be viewed online or downloaded. When viewed online, they are fully searchable. All have a link which will tell you which libraries have the book and how far away the library is from your zip code. I have done a lot of reading about the Civil War and have developed a preference for books that were written by the original participants or their children. I've been trying to find books of this type about the Revolution and on the Google Books site, I have found many which meet my criteria. Up until now, I've had a hard time finding the old books. I've also found books of old records that have helped with my research on several of my ancestors. The web site address is: http://books.google.com Some of the books I've downloaded are: History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia - 1860 History of the Battle of Point Pleasant - 1909 Stories of the Old Dominion - 1879 The Army of Northern Virginia in 1862 - 1892 The History of the Clay Family - 1899 Loyal West Virginia From 1861 - 1865 - 1895 Annals of Augusta County, Virginia - 1902 The book Images of America - Wyoming County only has a snippet, but you can see page 64 which has two pictures of John Cooke's log cabin. Susan Richmond _________________________________________________________________ Your smile counts. The more smiles you share, the more we donate.  Join in. www.windowslive.com/smile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_Wave2_oprsmilewlhmtagline