Carole, Have you tried the Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild? I thought that I had originally seen this listed on CAPE-FEAR-SCOTS-L, but I could be wrong. I, too, want to thank everyone who has so kindly given their time and posted many wonderful leads. Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild: http://istg.rootsweb.com/ Valerie in Calif. Researching NIXON, ELLIOTT, WOOTTEN from N.C., S.C., Tenn., Ark., Mo., Tx GRIMES, SMITH from Ok.,Tx CARTER, NUSSBAUM, JOY, HOLDEN from Neb.,Ks.,Ohio ---------- From: Carole Conrad Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 5:07 AM To: CAPE-FEAR-SCOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Genealogy Question...help please Thank you to all of you who are constantly giving me and so many other budding genealogists and historians so much information!!......... The rumor in my family is that a grandparent survived a Ship wreck off the coast of virginia or north or south carolina in the 1700s.........