From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxz!hocda!machaids!grm Newsgroups: net.followup Title: Re: Information wanted on personal geneaology book from Beatrice Bayley Article-I.D.: machaids.279 Posted: Wed Mar 23 11:47:13 1983 Received: Thu Mar 24 21:28:13 1983 References: ucbvax.50 What I have heard about the Bailey genealogy books are that they are essentially a compilation of names from all of the US telephone directories. As such they provide no information regarding the relationships of the people listed other than that they share the same surname. This list could possibly be of use in tracing your family if you wish to write to other people with your name in hopes of finding some who are related to your "known" ancestors.