This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: mcarthur,shaw,hall,cameron,burney,cain,blake,willis,etc Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/yAH.2ACIB/67.1 Message Board Post: dear jim, i have just seen your website---------and it appears we are distantly related in two different ways: 1--(descendants of william cain--page one) joseph alston cain(b:1881) married: mary julie mcarthur----------she is my gg aunt(b:1881 re1900:census) im directly descended from her brother,john hall mcarthur(my ggrandfather and he married-- 2---minnie lou burney------(page 17 of your burney family tree)-------b:1879--d:1961 and they had 8 children: grace estelle----ruth hall-------john lee(my grandfather)---annie louise---benjamin franklin---myrtle irene---eva katherine(living)---and archibald kennith i also have an isaac sims willis that married flora mcarthur (b:1812)------(if that is one of the names you are searching for i have more info on him) i am also researching other names connected to my branch of mcarthurs-------shaw,blake,hall,cameron,mintz,mclean,mcdonald,williford,harris,and jones thank you for sharing you family genealogy-----its helped fill some gaps for me-------if there is anything you would like to ask me about the people ive listed above please feel free to contact me and i will be happy give you any info i have---------incidently , i am located here in fayetteville,cumberland county,nc does this make us "d i s t a n t" cousins?----lol have a wonderful day, debi florez ideerwmn@yahoo.com