LOL, that's it for you lot! Here I am trying to reform and all I get...**BG**

Actually, Les, I think we are going to have to do some of them by size to save space, too.

And, Dave! That sounds about like what I've always had, except that for the most part, in our last bigger house, all of the bookshelves were in one large room. This house is so much smaller, I have visions of running shelves along the tops of the doorways and windows, etc. as I've seen done in some of the old New England houses, although their ceilings were a lot lower. I am going to ahve to carry around a step stool regardless.:-)

Night Owl as you may remember, lost everything to a house fire. She's been very encouraging based on her experience with the insurance company and not having an intact catalogue of her really incredible library to go by. If nothing else, take pictures of their spines, in your bookcases, and send them to a friend or put them in a bank box, just so you have some kind of record. There is also a place online which will let you build a catalogue online, accessible from any computer, for about $20 per year. I suppose if one was a bookseller or something that would be helpful.

Thanks a bunch!

kat