-------------------- Begin Original Message -------------------- Message text written by INTERNET:BRADLEY-L@rootsweb.com "I would really like to see the Bradley Family combine information , etc.... ...giving there information and working together as a group to see if they can put some missing pieces to together. Lets be honest with each other, there are so many holes and unproven material in those early information that to a person just starting out it looks like Swiss Cheese .Even the most experienced can get mixed up in information... The (ONE) big problem/s is in those early settlers that named all of their children the same name, same sequence and took the same migration path. John, Richard, Lawrence,William,etc. You would have to be a genius or closely related to figure it out. " -------------------- End Original Message -------------------- I like your "style", Pat. There will always be holes and errors in the data. (Just as there are in the official records.) It would be almost a miracle if we could all work together to straighten them out. Though I have nothing more than praise for Wendell Bradley's fine work on the Bradleys of the South, there ARE errors in at least MY line.....and I have not yet been able to confirm the connection of Richard 1765 T. Bradley to James 1743 Bradley, VA. Sorting all the Bradleys into bins according to migration similarities is a very scientific, and logical begining....but not the end, and not genalogically acceptable....I think. Does anyone have another approach? I am willing to contribute. How many "sandbaggers" do you think are out there? Gary Bradley