Hello Joseph researchers, I heard again from Steve Mitchell and wanted to share his e-mail with you in case you can answer any of his questions. Thanks and thanks to Gerry for writing him, Janet Subj: BARRETTS Date: 1/14/03 1:20:39 PM Central Standard Time From: [email protected] (Steve Mitchell) To: [email protected] Janet, It was good to hear from you. Your website is GREAT ! I have just also received a very detailed document from another researcher [Gerry Dickens] who had noticed my posting at Genforum. The Barrett clans have been busy! I had visited with Nellie Louise Barrett Faulk, one of Richard Stancel Barrett's daughters back in 1992. I was saddened to see in the Dickens documents that she had passed away back in 1995. Louise had given me some documents that she'd typed up based on information she'd collected herself, and thru her mother's uncle, Robert C. Mitchell. Robert is the brother of Susie Mitchell's father, George Turner Mitchell. George, of course, was married to Henrietta Hemingway. Louise's transcript outlines her parents as well as her 13 siblings. There are conflicts of names and sibling count between that of your website, the Dickens documents and other documents we have. While Louise speaks of 13 siblings + herself, yours speaks of 15 in all, and Dickens speaks of 12 in all. I'm going to study in-depth this weekend and lay it all out...hopefully with some clarity. Louise's document also speaks of her Grandparents, John Napoleon Barrett and Elizabeth Watson., and their 10 children. There is even some lineage on Elizabeth. What throws us off with Louise's document is her claim that her GreatGrandfather was an Elisha Barrett, not Joseph as recorded by all the Barrett researchers we've seen across the years. She names Elisha as her GreatGrandfather and names only three sons, John Napoleon, Reuben [who married Elizabeth Watson's sister, Amanda Watson] and Elisha, Jr. John Napoleon and Elizabeth also had a son, Elisha, who died at 12 years old. What do you make of the "Elisha" claim? We'd be most excited to help each other fill in the gaps in our ancestries. Let us know what your immediate needs or roadblocks are and we'll see if we can help. Meanwhile, I'll compare your documents against our data and am certain that we'll speak again shortly! R/Steven ........................................... S T E V E N M I T C H E L L 24W268 Hemlock Lane Naperville, IL 60540