Reviews

Reviews As a convenience to readers, addresses and ordering information for the major genealogical publishers mentioned in reviews are listed at the end this section, on page 201. Waiting for the Lord: Nineteenth Century Black Communities in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. By Debra Adleman. Picton Press, 1997. 151 pp., ap¬ pendix, illustrations, notes, index, paper, $19,95 plus shipping. When an 1880 census taker asked Henrietta Oliver’s occupation, the 95year-old black woman replied, “Waiting for the Lord,” thereby providing De¬ bra Adleman with the dtle for this book. It is only one example of the author’s intention to avoid impersonal paraphrase of people’s emotions and opinions by letting them speak for themselves. Mrs. Adleman declares her purpose right at the start of this slender but absorbing volume. Rather than trying to explain the absence of the black communities of Susquehanna County in its recorded history or in its pre¬ sent, she attempts to recover a part of this missing past and restore it to the county’s history, The writer begins with an overview of pertinent source material. She cites five specific resources, devoting a chapter to each: census records; tax re¬ cords; Civil War pension files; letters and newspapers; diaries. She follows a chronological path, emphasizing different eras beginning with the Antebel¬ lum years. The first blacks mentioned here are escaped slaves. She quotes letters about varied abolitionist activity. For example, a “Colonization Soci¬ free raised send black men to back to Africa. Then came the money ety” _ Susquehanna County Abolitionist Society that stirred some opposition. The secretive and hard-to-document Underground Railroad effort comes to light primarily through reminiscences of histories and survivors’ relatives years after the fact. The author’s research uncovered evidence that Susquehanna County black men did their part to save the Union during the Civil War. Pension files of that conflict confirm the company, regiment, and name of each sol¬ dier. Other records and letters reveal service details of those veterans. Some # 188 Reviews 189 were wounded in action. Many got sick and were discharged for medical rea¬ sons. Most received modest pensions because they could no longer do man¬ ual labor the only work available to them in those days. Adleman believes that the religious experiences of northern blacks offer the historian an important source of information about their nineteenthcentury existence. She shows how their lives, in an America dominated by slavery, responded to God’s teachings about justice, liberation, and suffer¬ ing, to give them hope that their unjust treatment served a purpose and would eventually end. In Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, the focus falls upon two congre¬ gations in the Montrose area: the African Methodist Bethel Church (18401915) and the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (1860-1970). Few if any records for these Christian worship centers are extant, but their relig¬ ious activities and milestones survive in newspaper accounts of those years. Waiting for the Lord moves to a powerful conclusion with a chapter com¬ prised of eleven biographical sketches of individuals or families of docu¬ mented achievement and particular interest. Two of these stand out: those of Edwin Bacon and Jonathan Jasper Wright. Bacon (1820-1877) enjoyed success as a storekeeper, restaurant proprietor, and land owner. Newspaper advertisements and the contents of his will provide facts of a meaningful life. Wright, having moved in a different direction, could be called the most prominent black man in the county. He was the first black attorney admit¬ ted to the bar there (1866) and the first black Associate Supreme Court Jus¬ tice in South Carolina (1870-1877), where he moved to attain greater ac¬ ceptance of blacks than he had enjoyed in Susquehanna County. Extensive notes at the end of each chapter sustain a friendly narrative and make the whole effort worthy of high marks. — John A. Baird Jr, Diaries ofTwoAnsbachJaegers. Trans, and ed. by Bruce E. Burgoyne. Heritage Books, Inc., 1997. 166 pp., maps, bibliography, index, paper. $17.00 plus shipping. Two late-eighteenth-century German infantry officers present first-per¬ son accounts of their part in English efforts to retain their American Colo¬ nial empire. Comprised largely of almost-daily actual entries in their per¬ sonal journals, Diaries offers both general readers and persons with particular interest in the American Revolutionary War fresh and uninhibited close-ups of stirring days and dangerous nights. iF 190 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine The premise of the book and the purpose of the editor is that readers will benefit from knowledge of the Jaeger contribution to British efforts to squelch the Colonial American struggle for freedom. Burgoyne is an old hand at dealing with the Hessians, having published five books about these German auxiliaries employed by Britain during the American Revolution. His familiarity with the subject and his literary experience become immedi¬ ately apparent through an informative preface and helpful introduction. Jaegers wore hunter green uniforms, were trained in forestry crafts, and were excellent marksmen. They proved to be effective in countering the “American Indian” style of fighting. Jaegers fought in advance of rear-guard forces; they could probably be called the Green Berets of their day. Bruce Burgoyne produced this book by translating the German text and by employing extensive editorial procedures. He explains, for example, that he shortened both sentences and paragraphs. He changed the form for dates of diary entries for greater consistency. He corrected spelling of indi¬ vidual and place names where necessary. He preserved parentheses as used by the authors, then used brackets for his translator notations. These tech¬ niques make Diaries easy to read and worthwhile to own. The book provides continuity ofjaeger activity as the second diarist, Lieu¬ tenant Christian Frederich Bartholomai, has already reached America be¬ fore the first writer, Lieutenant Heinrich von Feilitsch, sails back to Europe for discharge from his military duties. Both accounts are personal and each provides a participant reality not possible for a historian writing long after the facts. The von Feilitsch diary covers three years of fighting in the New YorkPennsylvania area, with accounts of two Atlantic crossings thrown in for good measure. The diarist is candid with his intended young German read¬ ers, “so they will know what an unhappy fate they must accept.” Recurrent themes include the importance of his religious faith for survival, as well as commentary on bad weather, the endless discomforts of the troops, and the perennial wish for mail from home. Von Feilitsch obviously loves the per¬ sonal pronoun “I,” thus beginning many diary entries with that letter. The less personal Bartholomai record, on the other hand, begins with nine pages of introductory material. His account, “written for European Readers,” covers the brief seven months of his Jaeger service in the cam¬ paign to control the South and occupy Charleston. It does so in the context of the total British attempt to defeat the Colonial rebels. This articulate Hes¬ sian notes the differences between American and European wars, stressing the British dependency on naval support for this campaign and the fact that the army could not prudently venture far inland on the vast continent. Reviews 191 Diaries suffers from more than occasional poor typography, and the maps could provide greater detail, but these are minor criticisms of a job other¬ wise well done and highly readable, John A. Baird Jr. New York City Methodist Marriages 1783-1893. By William Scott Fisher. Picton Press, 1994. 2 volumes, 765 and 735 pp,, cloth. $94.75 plus shipping. There was virtually no civil registration for Manhattan marriages or births prior to the Civil War. This source of information is invaluable in locating missing information about New York City ancestors. Included are over 41,000 marriages, virtually every Methodist marriage performed in the city during the time period. The records have been taken from more than forty different sources, each of which is identified and dis¬ cussed and most of which are not readily available to today's researchers. The original transcript was compiled in 1894 for the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Volume I is the index to brides, Volume II the index to grooms. Both vol¬ umes provide full name of the bride and groom as well as the marriage date and the source of the information. Sometimes the sources list names of min¬ isters and/or witnesses, places of birth, residences, occupations, and ages. Since each volume contains complete information, it is possible to search either the bride and groom and locate all available information. The information gleaned from these records may lead to other sources of family information. An address may make it possible to access the incom¬ pletely indexed 1880 federal census or to find individuals missing from the indexes of the earlier censuses. The name of a church may lead to baptismal records for children. It may also be possible to locate marriages for pre¬ viously unidentified siblings that in turn can lead to other information about a family. While this publication will be most useful to those with New York City an¬ cestors, those searching in areas surrounding the city, such as northern New Jersey, should also check them. Some individuals were married in the city even though they never resided there. As a source of information that is otherwise extremely difficult to access, these volumes are sure to be a great help to researchers. Charles C. Mathews 192 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Locating Lost Family Members & Friends: Modem Genealogical Research Tech¬ niques for Locating the People of Your Past and Present. By Kathleen W. Hinck¬ ley, Betterway Books, 1999, 174 pp., paper, illustrations, index, $18.99 at bookstores or from the publisher. With the turn of the century, more and more research will involve indi¬ viduals who lived mostly or solely in the twentieth century. It makes little dif¬ ference whether the overall goal is the start of a family genealogy or the search for a lost friend or relative. The techniques needed and the records searched are the same and they differ from sources used in the search for long-deceased ancestors. For starters, few twentieth-century records have been microfilmed, so on¬ site research is often needed. Another difference deals with privacy lawsr many records are dosed to the general public to protect individuals who (might) still be living. Drawing on her expertise as a genealogist who has specialized in twentieth-century research, Kathleen W. Hinckley has written Locating Lost Family Members and Friends to offer researchers, regardless of their goal, techniques for using a long list of records, some of which may be previously untapped, Telephone directories the modern-day city directory, as one example offer more family information than expected when used thoroughly. Yearby-year reviews can indicate changes in family composition. Following the phone numbers helps to determine if an individual has moved within the community but has kept the same number. Reverse indexes can help iden¬ tify neighbors who might be able to help with the search. A study of the licenses issued to individuals, whether a business license or a fishing license, helps locate people and helps give clues about other places to search. Voter registrations help track residences, often supply a birth date and sometimes a birth place. Social security records, including the wellknown “death index” are valuable sources of information. Other records suggested are those that have long been used by genealo¬ gists. Here the discussion focuses on how to use them for twentieth-century individuals. Census, court, church, and school records are examples. To ap¬ ply these records to more recent research, Hinckley tells how to obtain cen¬ sus information since 1920, discusses the value of working with personnel in church offices, and points out the value of using school yearbooks and di¬ rectories. Within the discussion of each record type are thorough discussions of how best to use the record. Case studies show how the particular record has been used successfully to solve a research problem. Internet sources are described and current addresses given. Alternative sources are mentioned to — — — Reviews 193 overcome the problem of closed records. For many of the indexes de¬ scribed, the Family History Library catalog numbers are included, along with mention of how to find the subject in the catalog. For quick reference, the Internet sites also appear in an appendix. Hinckley also addresses another issue of importance to all research: or¬ ganization. She stresses the need for keeping logs of telephone calls, letters, and records used and recording the findings, including negative ones. A sample Research Work Sheet that shows how to organize information about an individual is included. Documentation, a subject of equal importance, however, is rarely mentioned. Sample citations to the records reviewed would have been helpful for the reader. Locating Lost Family Members & Friends deserves a place on the reference shelf of most genealogists. It also deserves to be read because it offers valu¬ able tips for using a wide range of records encountered when researching the living or the recent members of one’s family tree. Kay Haviland Freilich, CG Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Centennial Register: Lineage of Members 1893-1998. Comp, by John Stanwood Martin. Picton Press, 1999. xii plus 688 pp., index, cloth. $60.00, shipping included, from the Society of Colonial Wars, 308 Devon Lane, West Chester, PA 19380-6823, or order from the publisher. Within the files of every lineage society there can be found a wealth of ge¬ nealogical information. Centennial Register is an effort to make the informa¬ tion of one society available to researchers. The Society of Colonial Wars honors ancestors who provided civil or mili¬ tary service during the period from the Jamestown Settlement on 13 May 1607 to the battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775. Society members belong to a state organization usually based on their place of residence. The ances¬ tors involved may come from any state. The majority identified here are from Pennsylvania and New England although most of the original thirteen colonies are represented. The largest portion of the publication is the section detailing lineages of members, where every generation from the member to the qualifying ances¬ tor for each member is given. Additional generations leading to another qualifying ancestor are also included. Dates and locations have been omit¬ ted from the lineages. While understandable in terms of effort and space re¬ quired, the extra information would have been helpful. 194 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Fortunately dates and places, along with the service, do appear in the sec¬ tion describing qualifying ancestors and their descendant members. Other sections are alphabetical lists of members and qualifying ancestors and a nu¬ merical list of members. Some of the early members may well be ancestors of today’s genealogists, so the publication can be of help for general research as well as for those in¬ terested in joining the Society. It is hoped other lineage societies who have not yet published their records will consider doing so and will review this well-done volume as a guide. Kay Haviland Freilich, CG Philadelphia Mayor's Marriage Records. Volume 1: 1856-1870. Abstr. by Susan S. Koelble and Kristin K. Bryson. Bare Roots Publishing, Southampton, PA, 1999. 242 pp., index, paper. Philadelphia Mayor’s Marriage Records. Volume II: 1871-1885. Abstr. by Susan S. Koelble and Kristin K. Bryson. Bare Roots Publishing, Southampton, PA, 1999. 268 pp., index, paper. Order all volumes from the publisher, PO Box 134, Southampton, PA 18966. $25.00 per volume or $45.00 per set, plus $5.00 shipping. As a judicial officer of Philadelphia, the mayor had the same right to per¬ form marriages as any judge or justice of the peace. Each marriage was listed in a record book and these books have been preserved as mayoral records in the Philadelphia City Archives. Each of the abstracts contains the date, place and time of the ceremony, names of bride and groom, and name of the officiating mayor. Places of resi¬ dences for both parties are part of most of the records, and a surprising number of the residences are outside Philadelphia. Most of the out-of-state locales are from neighboring New Jersey, but several other states appear as well. Beginning about 1865 records also include age, birthplace, and occu¬ pation information. The notes section adds any other available information. One example: Many of the early ceremonies were conducted as Quaker marriages, and often the record indicates that a parchment certificate was issued. The value of these abstracts to researchers is significant. The earliest mar¬ riages, those prior to 1 July 1860, do not appear in other civil records since marriage licenses were not issued until that date. Marriage licenses from 1860 to 1885 are available from the city and have been microfilmed, but available indexes are listed by year only. Marriage records from 1885 to 1915 Reviews 195 are also available from the city and have been microfilmed. While this index covers the entire 30-year span, brides and grooms are indexed separately, making it harder to track members of the same family. Researchers are sure to appreciate the use of a type size that is large enough to read easily. The every name index to each volume does help identify others of the same surname. An index to places would have been helpful in tracking those ancestors who were married in an unexpected lo¬ cation and perhaps to identify other ancestors of different surnames where place of residence would be an identifying factor. This omission, though, does not significantly detract from the overall usefulness of these volumes, which are sure to be helpful to Philadelphia area researchers. Kay Haviland Freilich, CG Guide to Research in York Adams Counties Pennsylvania. By Robert Barnes. Family Line Publications, 1996. ix plus 125 pages, paper, maps, index. $18.00 plus shipping. York County, created in 1749 from Lancaster County as the fifth Pennsyl¬ vania county to be formed, was home to both German and Scotch-Irish set¬ tlers during its early history. Adams County was then set off from York in 1800. Other settlers in the area prior to the Revolution included members of the Society of Friends, Anglicans, Catholics, Mennonites, and German Baptists. Robert Barnes, an experienced York County researcher, has prepared this guide to genealogical research in this south-central part of the Keystone State. His familiarity with York County is especially evident since most of the discussion focuses on the records and repositories of that county and par¬ ticularly on the holdings of the Historical Society of York County (HSYC). Guide to Research takes a two-pronged approach. It first introduces the various repositories in both York and Adams County, their holdings, hours, location, and other practical information for the potential user. Private so¬ cieties, government agencies, and public libraries are included in the discus¬ sion. Also mentioned briefly are facilities in the parent county, Lancaster a useful addition since Pennsylvania public records (deeds, wills, taxes and the like) remain with the county in existence at the time the record was cre¬ — ated. Several chapters then focus on specific records and sources used by gene¬ alogists: cemetery, land, military, tax, census, church, and naturalization re¬ cords, newspapers, periodicals, and maps. A section presenting a bibliog¬ raphy for both counties will be especially helpful to those researching from 196 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine a distance who might be able to find a tide at another facility* Lists of the specific records in each category held at the HSYC will also be helpful to those researching from outside the area. The treasures at any repository are often the collections of unpublished records and family data. To help researchers determine what is available in York County, Barnes has included a surname listing of the society’s family reports. Similar lists appear for both church and cemetery records held by the Historical Society. Unfortunately there is no indication of which (if any) of the records have been microfilmed and would be available to researchers through the Family History Library system or at other repositories. The researcher who is looking for guidance on the use of the record types will have to look elsewhere; explanations are brief if they appear at all. As an example, the introduction to tax records correctly points out that an approximate marriage date is inferred when an individual moves from the section of the tax list devoted to single men to the section for married men. It neglects, however, to include the term “freeman,” which was used for sin¬ gle men, or the term “inmate,” which described married men, or the very significant fact that men appeared in these lists only if they were not prop¬ erty holders. Little if any mention is made of records still held by the creating author¬ ity, such as probate, orphans’ court, or naturalization records at the court¬ house, or church records held by either the individual church or a denomi¬ nation office. While the discussion of vital records does include that address for state-issued birth and death certificates after 1906, it does not mention that marriage licenses remain a county record to this date. Despite the fact that its title is more extensive than its contents, Guide to Research in York & Adams Counties contains a great deal of information that will be of help to researchers of the area. Kay Haviland Freilich, CG Brief Reviews Reviewed by Jeanne Pontarelli Abstracts of Cecil County, Maryland, Land Records 1673-1751. ByJune D. Brown. Family Line Publications, 1998. 302 pp., index, paper. $24.00 plus shipping. Cecil County, Maryland, was created from Baltimore and Kent counties in 1674, The first English settlement, established in 1627, was located on Reviews 197 Palmer’s Island, later called Watson’s Island. This book’s introduction notes the boundaries of the counties and tells where to find earlier records of the area. An every-name index helps researchers to access information in the abstracts. It is necessary, however, to review the entire page because the name may appear more than once. Abstracts such as these help to locate the wealth of information that can often be found in land records only after slow and tedious reading. Names of heirs, place of residence before coming to Maryland, other holdings, and heirs are often included in land records. Early Quaker Records of Philadelphia, Volume I: 1682—1750. Comp, by Anita Miller Watring. Family Line Publications, 1997. 322 pp., index, index. $24,00 plus shipping. Early Quaker Records of Philadelphia, Volume II: 1751—1800. Comp, by Anna Miller Watring. Family Line Publications, 1998. 404 pp., index, paper. $29.50 plus shipping. Abstracts of early church records such as those contained in these two volumes of Philadelphia Quaker records are useful in finding information about our ancestors. Volume I includes some “Miscellaneous marriages 1672-1750" where two dates are listed for most entries. The first is the date that approval to marry was granted by the meeting while the second is the date the marriage took place. A single date indicates that only one date ap¬ pears in meeting records. Volume II includes some of the men’s minutes only, although complete sets of both men’s and women’s meeting records are available at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. The introduction by F. Edward Wright includes a brief but thorough his¬ tory of the meeting. It is unfortunate that no mention is made of the sources used to prepare the abstracts. Pennsylvania Biographical Dictionary: People of All Times and All Places Who Have Been Important to the History and Life of the State. Comp, by American His¬ torical Publications. Scholarly Press, Wilmington, DE, 1989. 446 pp indexes, cloth. $69.00. Contact the publisher for shipping cost. The men and women cited in this reference work range from early resi¬ dents such as Nichlaus Zinzendorf and Benjamin Franklin to more recent 198 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine figures such as governors William Scranton and Robert Casey. A wide variety of occupations is represented, including legislators, artists, authors, musi¬ cians, actors, sculptors, and industrialists. Not all the subjects were Pennsyl¬ vania natives, but all were involved in some way with the Keystone state. As a genealogical source, the biographies provide only limited informa¬ tion: place of birth, residence, and place of death. They do, however, pro¬ vide some details about the lives of the subjects that may lead to information that may be found elsewhere. In addition to the name index, there is a useful index to places in Penn¬ sylvania. New Castle County, Delawarer, Land Records 1 749-1 752. Compiled by Carol Garrett. Family Line Publications, 1998. 165 pp., index, paper. $16.00 plus shipping. A useful summary of the history of New Castle County from its beginning in 1638 accompanies these land records from Liber Ql. The dates given in the title are dates of recording, which is not necessarily the date the record was executed. The introduction also explains which records are missing and provides suggestions as to where additional information can be found. Reviewed by John A. Baird Jr. Virtutis Praemium: The Men Who Founded the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania. By John Dwight Kilbourne. Picton Press, 1998. 2 vols., 1484 pp., illustrations, notes, every-name index, cloth. $99.50 plus shipping. John Kilbourne ’s comprehensive study of the commissioned officers of the Pennsylvania Line who fought the battle of the American Revolution from 1775 to 1783 merits praise for its skillful blend of scholarship and flu¬ ency. Kilbourne’ s subjects are the men who became original members of that state’s representation in the General Society of the Cincinnati. Beginning his history with five preparatory chapters about the war, the author writes brief biographies of the 297 men comprise the bulk of the book. As the exploits of the famous men have already been well docu¬ mented by other writers and are readily available in most libraries, Kil¬ bourne features the obscure officers about whom less has been previously known, much less recorded. That is, by design he gives the lesser-known sol- 199 Reviews diers more extensive treatment than such national heroes as John Paul Jones and Anthony Wayne. As the writer notes at the end of his monumental work, “Reaching into the lives of these young men of the Eighteenth Century has been exhilarating.” Most readers will heartily agree. i- Reviewed by Kay Haviland Freiiich, CG Pennsylvania Births: Berks County 1710-1780. By John T. Humphrey. Hum¬ phrey Publications, Washington, DC, 1997. xi plus 393 pp., map, cloth. $30.00 plus $3.00 shipping. Pennsylvania Births: Berks County 1781-1800. By John T. Humphrey. Hum¬ phrey Publications, Washington, DC, 1998. xi plus 382 pp., cloth, map. $30.00 plus $3.00 shipping.. Pennsylvania Births: York County 1730-1800. By John T. Humphrey. Laijon 8c Company, Inc., Washington, DC, 1998. x plus 486 pp., map, cloth. $36.00 plus $3.00 shipping. Order all volumes from Laijon 8c Company, Inc., PO Box 15190, Washington, DC 20003. Records from churches of all denominations are included in these recent additions to the Pennsylvania Births series. Among them, in the Berks County volumes, are Quakers, Catholics, Anglicans, Mennonites, and Swedish Lu¬ therans, reflecting the diverse early settlement of the area. By 1723, when a group of Palatines arrived in the area from New York, most setders were Ger¬ man. As a result the later records are mosdy from the German Reformed and Lutheran churches. The York County volume also includes records from several denominations: Quaker, Anglican, Episcopalian, Lutheran, German Reformed, and Moravian. Boundaries used to determine churches to be included in these volumes are those of present-day Berks and York counties. Thus, a review of the changing county boundaries is necessary for effective use of these volumes and the others in this series. Users are also reminded that the series is in¬ tended as a finding aid to early church records, not a substitute for the re¬ cords. 200 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine First Steps in Genealogy: A Beginner's Guide to Researching Your Family History. By Desmond Walls Allen. Betterway Books, Cincinnati, 1998. 154 pp., illus¬ trations, index, paper. $14.99 at bookstores or from the publisher at 800- 289-0963. For those who have just recendy become interested in researching their family history, First Steps in Genealogy offers a good, basic guide to the first steps. Designed for the absolute beginner, this general interest tide provides an overview of the skills that will be used and an introduction to the first re¬ cords that should be studied. Among the ten steps presented are: starting with yourself, searching home sources, researching at libraries, census records, the courthouse, and sharing your findings. Emphasized as important from the initial search are organization and documentation. Also of value is the discussion of how his¬ tory and genealogy are intertwined and how the study of history will help family history research, Recent Reprints/New Editions Index to Part II: Biographical Sketches for the History of Luzerne County, Pennsylva¬ nia. By Donald L. Winans. Family Line Publications, 1996, orig. publ. 1893. 354 pp., paper, $32.00 inch shipping. 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I In 1 /i ■*■ 'J ONLY £22.50 This valuable new hardcover volume is virtually an updated “first English census of the Delaware.” Based on handwritten seventeenth-century cen¬ sus documents by Matthias Nicolle and Walter Wharton (transcriptions by Berthold Fernow [ 1877] and by Dr. Charles T. Gehring [1977]), the book includes all recorded heads of households in 167 1 from Madnicum (Burlington) Island on the north to New Castle on the south. Dr. Peter S. Craig, author of The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaivare, meticulously present [s] [his] interpretation of the entry and the number assigned by the census taker. After the listing, each of the neighborhoods and each of the heads of household is discussed, in numerical order. Known settlers not specifically named by Wharton are also named. Peter S. 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