This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WCE.2ACIB/1047.1 Message Board Post: hi I don't know if this connects........i am researching this myself. There is a family story about a woman in my family named margaret jean biggs who was said to be a native american from the eastern shore va (probably near norfolk va) who married a man named william francis carty who came over from county wexford(?) ireland. margaret had a daughter named laura anne carty who died in the 20's in norfolk va. William carty was a soldier in the confederacy and was wounded. the family was on the way to get him from the hospital in richmond when they stopped off at an indian village west of norfolk. if any of this sound remotely familiar or like something you could use please let me know email is the best way to go.........................maybe our storie are connc=ected