Bob - Thanks for pointing this out - so important for those just beginning their search. I have one ancestor I just finished working on and sorting him out from the other men of the same name who were all in Georgia at the same time and all were Rev. soldiers... I had to do it by finding the others and placing them, and then I knew that the one I could not place was our own ancestor... it took a long time but I am confident that I have the correct documentation now... I had to find records for the other men just to rule them out... and with a name like Brown - it cannot be simple! I know that Papaw has a Benjamin Brown who was in Georgia the same time as our Benjamin but not in East Georgia... but I once found the burial for his Benjamin and got excited since we believe that our Benjamin is now buried under the lake... however it was not long before I realized this was not our Benjamin. I have another ancestor, a descendant of Benjamin, named George Washington Brown - I know of at least three in the same general vicinity at the same time... very difficult name to research and get anything right! However, the only way is with proper documentation... and that is difficult for me since I live in Virginia and am unable to travel. I have found wonderful friends on the internet and have accumulated a lot of documentation... Its difficult and easy to give up - I have with Benjamin - there were just too many Brown families in the Culpeper/Orange County areas for me to even try. Sometimes its wiser to accept what we have and decide its time to quit! Diane My Benjamin Brown also married a Nancy ?? about 1798 in Laurens SC. They are not the same persons as noted above. This Benj died 1813 in Laurens SC. He had a brother there named Samuel. That's all I have on him. They had children, but none of the same names listed for Diane's Benjamin. Just thought I would show this because it shows how easy it is to mix up the Brown lines. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message