Another INVALUABLE online resource--with a fee, however--is the NEW OXFORD DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY (British Bios). It offers very detailed and almost always reliable biographies of the leading Jamestown / Virginia Company "folks"--plus Powhatan, Pocahontas, and Opechancanough--written by scholars and based on the most recent research. <<AVOID THE GEORGE YEARDLEY one, however, because the British author is clueless and confusing about Early Chesapeake Indian Place Names. HTTP://WWW.OXFORDDNB.COM/ Most entries are only 4-5 years old and replace bios dating back to the late 19th century--or deal with people, especially Americans and Indians, who were little appreciated in that bygone era. 55,000 bios up to the late 20th on people of all fields--and a bargain online unless you don't mind spending something like $16,000 for the 88 volume hardbound set!! * * * And don't overlook our own state treasure--the terrific new DICTIONARY OF VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY from the Library of Virginia Best to All from the Frozen Midlands (Far Western Virginia) Fred Fausz St. Louis To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html