This is my first visit to the Bird list. I have a line of Bird/Byrd that I'd love to find. In fact, I just located one portion of this bunch and that made me get a bit more active. Mary Hudson married William Byrd in Oglethorpe county, GA, 1825.......then, the family moved on into Noxubee county, Ms. In 1841-42, William Bird, in right of his wife, received 1/3 of the personal estate of Frederick Hudson. By 1848, William Bird was in court, receiving guardianship of his own children, Frederick H., William W., John W., Mary P., and Elizabeth L. (or was it Mary L. and Elizabeth P.? I am doing this off the top of my head.) Frederick Hudson Bird married Lousiana Elliot in Noxubee county, MS in 1851. His brother, William W., married Martha Means, 1851. Although I did locate the family in the 1850 census in the household of Billy Bird and his second wife, also "Mary", I have "lost" the family after this. Most recently, I have met up with a decesendent of Frederick hudson Bird. Are there any other family members out there? My tie is thru the mother's brother, a John Hudson, who would be my direct line. I am more than interested in finding more cousins. God Bless, E. Annette Hudson Rose 37900 Rd 86 Dinuba, CA 93618 559 591-1979 earphoto@gonetgo.com earphoto@yahoo.com E. Annette Rose's Genealogy http://freepages.events.rootsweb.com/~earphoto/mystory.html http://freepages.events.rootsweb.com/~earphoto/rodeopage.html Web person for Hudson Family Association http://hudson-family-assoc.rootsweb.com/ List manager Hudson-Fam-Assoc-L@rootsweb.com CC Noxubee Co., Ms MSGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~msnoxube/index.html List Owner MSNOXUBE-L@rootsweb.com List Owner Hudson-L@rootsweb.com Webperson for the Durst Family http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~earphoto/ List Owner Durst-L@rootsweb.com