Hello Brashear(s) cousins and researchers. Repeat after me: "Just because it's on the internet or in a book, doesn't mean it's true. You need documentation." I've learned this in 42 years of researching. Ask the most experienced researcher you know! Charles Brashears' two posts today (in my opinion) finish off the interesting BUT NOT OURS nobility nonsense about the de Brassier connection, and the Elizabeth Fowke connection. He has found NO documentation for either. So interesting, yes -- but not ours. Charlie seems too modest to mention the nine books he has published on Benois Brassieur, his ancestors and descendants. (Yes, he gives his documentation.) At his website, www.charlesbrashear.com, look in the text (not publications lists) for "A Brashear(s) Family History." Click for titles of the nine volumes and ordering information. Cheers, Dolly in Maryland ====