In a message dated 97-09-23 01:19:24 EDT, you write: << BRINSONR@ACC.JBU.EDU I might be able to help a little. Contact David Brinson. He is the manager of Hawthorne Aviation at Washington DC Dulles airport. He has a book about 5 brothers who came from the Normandy area of france and settled in the New Bern area you spoke of. 2 or 3 brothers miagrated north and the others miagrated south. One Brinson settled in southern GA and started a railroad which ran from nothern FL into GA. A town in southern GA is named after him - Brinson. The book is very informative. Sorry I dont have David's address but you should be able to get it off the net. Chuck Brinson Chuck, the Brinsons with the Railroad were in Screven Co, GA. You can read of it in the Screven Co History Book, edited by Dixon Hololingsworth. These Brinsons were descended from the early Robert Brinson and through Adam I, I believe. Would have to look it up, and will if anyone is interested. Judy