Hi Carolyn and listmembers, Thank you Carolyn for such a touching message. I am so sorry for the pain and grief the one family has suffered and grateful for the good outcome for the other. We are linked thru this...hobby...or maybe for me it is an obsession. In any case, it links me to many good folks I would never have known existed otherwise. Of late I have gotten back to my Robards/Roberts ancestors who came from Wales to Goochland Co.VA when it was Henrico Co.VA. Sometimes I just have to let the Penningtons lie till something turns up. Most of my Robards/Roberts settled in or near Mercer Co.KY but I have been told that one direct ancestor John Robards' family settle in Henderson Co.KY. Does anyone have a clue why he would have wanted to go on further West? Does anyone have any connection to Roberts/Robards in that area? Thanks, Barb T