Hi Jim, It is quite interesting that we are both researching Collins and Brown, however, at this time, I don't find a connection to your lines. My Brown is George Pettigrew Brown of West Virginia around 1900. I have just started this search, so I have nothing to offer here. My Collins line I have been researching for 16 years. I have two of them that married, one being Larkin Collins of Granger County, Tennessee and the other being Freeling Hyson Collins of Granger County and also Clay County, Kentucky. I have Larkin back to 1803 and Freeling to 1816. I find no trace of either of them before these dates. They evidentally feel from the sky and landed here one day :-) . So now, I have decided to concentrate my energies upon lines which until now I did not have time for. Thus, George Pettigrew Brown. I know his wife's name was Margaret and she died in Daytona Beach, Florida. They had several children including Olive Jean Brown, my grandmother, William Brown, Harry Brown, Red Brown, and Snow Brown. (Not sure if Red and Snow are nicknames or not). So if anyone out there has any information on George, I would love to hear from you. Ramona researching Collins, Gibson, Caldwell, Edwards, Brown, Beets, Beeler, Croushore, Engelbrite/Engebretson >From: BROWN-D-request@rootsweb.com >Reply-To: BROWN-L@rootsweb.com >To: BROWN-D@rootsweb.com >Subject: BROWN-D Digest V01 #30 >Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 09:00:11 -0800 > ><< message2.txt >> ><< message4.txt >> ><< message6.txt >> ><< message8.txt >> ><< message10.txt >> ><< message12.txt >> ><< message14.txt >> ><< message16.txt >> _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com