At 10:33 AM 8/30/99 , John K Shearer wrote: >Hi, > >I checked out the Bruce family genealogy at the Society of Genealogists in >London and checked the findings from there against the ' official tomes' in >the Mitchell library in Glasgow. There is a family tree in London for >several generations before 1066 showing Gaelic-Viking descent but the >'official tomes' in Glasgow tend to discount this. > >All of the sources agree on the generations from 1066. > >Generation 01 Robert de Brus landed with William the Conqueror in 1066. > >Generation 02 Robert de Brus, Lord of Skelton in Yorkshire Hmm . . . that makes me a descendent, not of THE Robert the Bruce, but from one of his ancestors. Robert de Brus 01 was my 28th great grandfather; his son William de Braiose, brother of Robert de Brus 02 was my 27th ggf. Or at least was if I have interpreted John's information correctly. But this is through my Richmond line, not the Bruce line (which dead-ends as far as my information goes with James A. Bruce, b 1884 in Bedford Co, Tenn). Gary+ ------------- Gary D. Gooch gary.gooch@centuryinter.net San Marcos, TX mailto:gary.gooch@centuryinter.net ------------- Spirit knows what flesh knows, But Spirit knows it knows. --Charles Williams