Attention: All Virginia BIRD researchers, My historical and genealogical notes on the BIRD family of Virginia have been published on the Bath County Virginia GenWEB site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~vabath/ These notes were compiled several years ago by me while researching my wife's ancestry. My wife, Mertle (BIRD) DeCoursey is a descendant of John and Susanna (WINTROW) BIRD as follows: John BIRD m. Susanna WINTROW David BIRD m. Elizabeth HULL, dau. of George and Hannah (KEISTER) HULL David BIRD m. Martha RIDER, dau. of William and Jane (CALLAHAN) RIDER Henry Francis BIRD m. Verona GILBERT David BIRD m. Treva HAYNES Mertle BIRD m. William L. DeCoursey The files on the Bath County site contain a wealth of information on this line and on other BIRD lines. For additional information also check the material on our personal homepage at http://www.angelfire.com/mn/itsabouttime Bill DeCoursey