I bought this book to help with my geneaology research of the Peabody family. Within ten minutes of thumbing through this book, I knew I had made a mistake in purchasing it. As a high school history teacher, I can verify that this book reads like an overly and poorly plagerized term paper. With regards to the Peabody family of the 1600s to 1800s, this book is short on facts and is full of historical background fluff. I was shocked that the author was so short on facts, considering that the Peabody's of the 1600s to 1800s, lead well documented lives. Considering that the fact that there is tons of data relating to the Peabody's on the web, not to speak of in the reference section of any good library, I am disappointed in the author's lack of research. Do yourself a favor, don't but this book...