Peace and Blessings to you all..As a lot of you know, I have been searching for my 'GREEN' family that seems like relocated from Drew County, AR. to Bradley County, AR. sometimes between 1866-70. My family was African American and former slaves. They came from S. Carolina I would estimate the year to have been sometimes between 1857-58 according to the ages of the children born to my GGG Grandmother, Nannie. The family consisted of mother Nannie, cousin Perry and Nannie's children, Easter (my GG Grandmother), Mike (Michelle's GG Grandfather and only son of record), Sallie who married a man by the name of Alf(red) Falls, and Pricilla (AKA Puss). I was under the impression for so long that the last enslavers of my family was a man by the name of William HH Green, who resided (1850) in Smith Township, Bradley County. You guys don't know how *long* I have been concentrating on this man, but, William Green is a common name, even Easter had a son by that name. With more thoughtful thinking, and the help of the wonderful people on Bradley County and the AGS mailing list, I have turned my search in another direction, and it seems for the better. A lot of the documents that I have obtained over the past 3 years, and the information that I have received from these two mailing lists, had finally come together. Thank you! Slave research is really hard. If you don't know the last enslaver...you are messed up!! Don't get me wrong, it can be done, but it just takes more time. You find yourself having to research the enslaver a little more than your own family because 99% of the slaves didn't write or keep records, they just lived from day to day..trying to survive. To so many of you, I want to name, but this letter is long enough, you know who you are, and on behalf of the Ancestors and myself....A HUGE THANK-YOU!! for being there, and caring..this is what family is all about!! PS: I'm still not there, and trust me...you will be the first to know, but I just had to write this because of the closeness that I have felt over these past couple of days with you all. The ancestors are working and the Genies are on the move! Mus tek cyear a de root fal heal de tree. (You must nurture the root to heal the tree) >From the Legacy of Ibo Landing: Gullah Roots of African American Culture, Marquetta L. Goodwine.) Dena.