At 11:59 AM 12/31/2000 -0500, GRHaleJr@cs.com wrote: > My 9th G-Grandfather was one Originall BROWNE b. abt 1575 in England and >d. 1655 in Virginia. > > I would like to be able to continue the line further back but have been >unable to do so as of right now. > > Does anyone know ANYTHING about this Originall BROWNE, such as: >parentage, children other than Richard and William, name of spouse and her >parentage? > > Thanks for reading > >Gordon Reid Hale >Grand Prairie, Texas The term "Originall (sic) BROWNE b. abt. 1575" is very confusing to me, and no doubt others as a number of families with that surname have been existence in Britain for much longer than 1575. You may be referring to your immigrant ancestor with that name. If that is the case, and you are trying to find information the ancestry of that immigrant you need to embark on extensive and perhaps expensive research. Before that can be done, you need to know the country and county of the family you are researching, and about when that person arrived in America (Virginia?). The next step is to consult Peter Wilson Coldham's "The Complete Book of Emigrants 1607-1660." I note that there are many BROWNE listings in it! One of the best resources are the records on line of the LDS Church. Another great source of information about early British families is Family Tree Maker's Family Archives Series, "Family History: Notable British Families 1600s to 1900s." on CD 367. If you are fortunate and the family was of notable English stock, you may find references to it (with pedigrees, coats of arms, etc.) in the Visitations of the Heralds to the various counties in England. These were published by the Harleian Society in England and may be found in libraries in the US such as The Library of Congress. The next step is to hire a reputable person in the UK to access any BROWNE wills from the county of interest and abstract them for family history information. The parish records of the county in question may exist in printed form or extracts of births, christenings and marriages (but no burials) filmed by the LDS Church. Once you have gone through this rewarding experience you should publish the results of your research so that it can be shared. George W. Page