The book is not amere collection of names and 'dates, but in every case where it was possible the business, residence and religion is given, making it a readable book as well as one of reference. The seventeen years that I have spent upon this work have given me such an interest in it that I shall still keep an interleaved book for corrections and additions as long as I live, and sincerely request every one to send me all such information, so that one record may be complete. There are names of Thurstons and their children indexed, which does not include those who died under two years of age.