In a message dated 98-03-22 11:44:43 EST, alicep@ma.ultranet.com writes: << First let me say, in case, some newer genealogy Cuz's are not familiar with "Warnings Out" that it did not mean , in most cases, that they WERE undesirables.. and most do not give a reason WHY they were Warned Out.. Sometimes reading a history of a town, these same people who were warned out, are good solid citizens of that same town. >> Absolutely! Often, newcomers were automatically "Warned Out" just in case they didn't become solid citizens. And anyone who didn't have any obvious means of support would be warned out. In these two cases, the town was saying "we won't be responsible for your support--if you have no means of support, we'll sent you back to your previous town." Then, of course, undesirables were warned out -- and usually thrown out -- of town! Sue