In a message dated 9/18/02 4:01:25 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > > My female line traces back 8 times to the same person. Johan Nicholaus > Link. He was a Hessian soldier who decided to stay. That is 8 seperate > lines maternally, 5 paternally. > > Am Southern born and bred and darn proud of it Am researching > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > maternally:ballard,briley,clubbs,george,gillihan,goolsby,jackson,link(9x),majors,pool/poole,summers,thompson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > paternally:ausbrooks,barber,:brown,freeland,gant,kirkham,mcquiston,moye,parker,rippy,tipton,whitson > > Brenda Parker proud member of the IBSSG > Sounds like the old boy got around! In compiling information from various sources about my family, I have found a number of marry-backs-situations where the family doesn't branch but merges-and the same last name on both sides of my lineage at least five times. No direct connections just yet but that will come eventually, I have no doubt. Calvin B. Littlefield, IBSSG If Pinoccio sat on a wooden bench, would he get splinters or leave them...?