>>Hi, > >I am searching for nformation regarding Stephen Carpenter b. ca 1802 Hawkins? >Co., TN. He was the s/o Fielding Carpenter. > >I am looking for proof of who Stephen Carpenter's mother was. > >Who were the parents of Fielding Carpenter? > >thanks, > >Donny Perry in Dallas, TX > One thing to remember when doing searches on ancesters: There were three main migration routes into Kentucky. One route came down the Ohio River and into the northern areas, another came across WV and into the NE sector, the third came UP from the Cumberland Gap and into Southern Ky. So, generally, the ancestry tended to be determined by the migration route. Folks coming from the New England States would have chosen the Ohio River, those coming from central and western VA might have decided to come over the mountains, and those from southern VA, the Carolinas, Tennessee would have come through the Gap. So it's better to concentrate on those areas when backtracing ancesters. Sue