Those among us who spend endless hours transcribing these records deserve our undying gratitude, for without their hard work we ourselves would be the ones digging through those endless tomes.

One such devoted soul is Janelle B. Yates who has already produced two volumes of Neshoba County Records and has just finished the third volume in the series, &uot;Early Records Of Neshoba County, Mississippi, Volume III.&uot;

Anyone researching Neshoba County residents from the latter 1800s to the early 1900s will want to take note. The three sections covered in this edition are: the 1887 Land Roll, the 1892 Land Roll, and the Election Registrations for the years 1892-1907.

Those folks from the Seminar know just how fascinating plotting the land records can be and what amazing information they can supply. Who would guess that finding land records could make a researcher positively giddy.

As the other books in the series, this volume has a full name index and will be a must have for anyone interested in this period of Neshoba County history.

Available from Pioneer Publishing Co. Genealogical and Historical Books, P.O. Box 408, Carrolton, MS 38917, the 125-page book retails for $25 plus $4 shipping.

Another interesting book has been published by the Natchez Historical Society.

Titled &uot;Natchez Images: 1880-1960,&uot; this book features pictures of Natchez places, personalities, and events during this time period.

It contains 1,000 images of photographs, drawings, maps, logos, letterheads and signatures from the Natchez Printing Collection, which was donated to the Natchez Historical Society in the 1970s.

The photos are of local people in government, education, religion, military service, organizations, commerce, agriculture, industry, leisure, social events, tourism and sports even including the Natchez Indians Baseball Team.

The extensive architecture section documents exteriors, interiors and details of numerous local buildings and historic homes, some of which are not documented elsewhere. The book is printed on a heavy slick stock and the quality of the prints is excellent.

Copies of this book may be ordered directly from the Natchez Historical Society, P.O. Box 49, Natchez, MS 39121 and costs $18 which includes shipping and handling.

If anyone has had trouble reaching the American Memories Online Collection for the Library of Congress discussed in an earlier column, please try

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html.

It is a great resource site straight from the Library of Congress and well worth an online visit.

DOES ANYONE KNOW …

… T.M. Box Sr. (Cleveland, MS,

t75@cableone.net

) is looking for information on the parents and siblings of his great grandfather, WILLIAM H. HARMAN.

William was born in Mississippi on 29 Nov 1842 and died in Bryan, Texas on 4 Nov 1901. He married SARAH EUGENIA WREN on 13 Feb 1867. Sarah was born 21 May 1849 in Alabama and died on 10 Aug 1888 in Bryan, Texas. Does any reader have information to share on the Harman/Wren lines?

… Charles Howard Felder (Jacksonville, FL;

CFelderAMSC@aol.com

)

is looking for any information on any FELDER lines whose early kin started in South Carolina. He is especially interested in a CHARLIE FELDER who is buried in Centerville Church Cemetery in Lexie, Mississippi. Mr. Felder is a direct descendant of CAPTAIN JOHN HENRY FELDER, SR and has connections with HANS HEINRICH FELDER. Can any reader provide more information on the Mississippi Felders?

Please send your announcements and queries to FAMILY TREES, 900 Main St., Natchez, MS 39120 or email to

Famtree316@aol.com

. All queries are printed free of charge. We look forward to hearing from you!