County of Northumberland, Cobourg, ON, 2000, 1st.  ISBN 0-9686830-0-2.  Hard cover, 304 pages including Index.  Fine; blue boards with gold lettering on spine; binding sound with head and tail bands.  Very good unpriced dust jacket has light edge and cover wear.  Book interior clean and unmarked; black & white photos, illustrations and reproductions.  ‘When the surveyors had finished their work and Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe declared the townships of Northumberland open for settlement, there were people ready to move in.  Some were Loyalists, refugees from the American Revolution, who were already living near the Bay of Quinte or in the St. Lawrence River valley.  Others were Americans seeking a fresh start, imported by entrepreneurs to take advantage of the offer of free land.  The names of the people who graced the early census and assessment rolls are still to be found among their descendants in Northumberland.  To them have been added thousands of others who have migrated to the county from around the world over the past two centuries.  The rolling hills of Northumberland were created more than 10,000 years ago by retreating glaciers.  This is the story of people who have sought shelter and an abundant life in their warm embrace.’ (from rear panel)