http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/md/dorchester/court/invabs1729.txt Saw a handfull of familar surnames---Elliott, Lowe, Porter, Corke, Magruder, Lloyd, etc.------1726/9 inventory abstracts of Eastern Shore Md.!!! short list! BTW------where is everybody???? I know the Holidays get very busy and the worms/virus' have scared a lot of people ----but that never !!!stopped!!! us before. <g> =;o) Carolyn