Hello Scott, And welcome to the Bridges discussion list. I see that you have, already, searched out archives which is the perfect way to begin this phase of your genealogy research. I am sorry to say, however, that I don't recall hearing from Joe in a long while. I want to bring to your attention, our latest form of research, which is our Y-DNA project. We have learned a lot for our research by testing a male from each Bridges line that we can find. We would love to have you join the testing. You may read all about it and see the results by clicking on "DNA Test Results". All the matching persons are listed with the same color. We have more results that will be in soon to add to the Project results page, one of which is the DNA of Col. Joseph Bridger of Isle of Wight, VA. Julia French Wood List Adm. Y-DNA Project Adm.