Hi, Shelby, Thanks for your Red, White and Blue comment on BOLLINGS. On Prodigy 5-6 years ago, there was a lively conversation going as we researched for the various BOLLING lines, and the various colors were discussed and commented upon.... I am the one who was first "green with envy - because I could not find which BOLLING line I belonged to!" We think now that it is an earlier relative of Robert BOLLING, who went to Jamestown in 1610, later to Maryland, and back to VA about 1700. His name was Capt Thomas BOWLING, and he brought with him his wife, Mary BOWLING, and her parents, William and Mary BOWLING. They left Jamestown soon after arrival because of famine and went to Maryland. If there is anyone out there who has more information on the line of Capt Thomas BOWLING, I would appreciate very much hearing from them. I researched the Pocahontas lines for years because in our family there was the tradition that we descended from her line. I have never found any connection, and since I am back to my ancestor who is a contemporary of the children of Robert and wife, Elizabeth Blair, I gave up on that theory long ago, and started looking for other possible lines of research. No matter how you look at it, or which line you belong to, it is a very interesting family to research! :) We were all very serious about our research into this line, but we could still laugh at our failure to find the proper niche for our ancestors... I'm still looking and working... and I think that I am not far from tying into the proper line after 25 years of searching. Thanks, Alice in Houston Alice BUSSEY Broaddus ============================================================= ABB5985@AOL.com a.broaddus@Juno.com a.broaddus@genie.com MTBV40A@prodigy.com ANDERSON-*-ASKINS-*-BELL-*-BLEDSOE-*-BOLLING-*-BONHAM-*-BROADDUS BURGAMY-*-BUSSEY-*-CAVANAGH-*-CHRISTIAN-*-DOTY-*-DUNCAN DUSHAROONE-*-FULLER-*-GORDON-*-GORDY-*-GWYNNE-*-HARRY-*-HEARD HAYS/HAYES-*-HOWARD-*-HUBBARD-*-HUME-*-JAMES-*-KAVANAGH LANDRUM-*-LATHROP-*-LEMASTER-*-LOVE-*-MILLER-*-MURPHY-*-OLDHAM PARKER-*-PATTILLO-*-PATTON-*-PENNINGTON-*- PRITCHETT-*-ROYAL SCOTT-*-SMITH -*-WALTERS-*-WARREN-*-WILLIAMS =================== (MA,NJ,DE,MD,VA,KY,NC,SC,GA,TX )