Dorothy, Welcome to the Carpenter Roots List! There is no such thing as dumb questions. We all learn step by step. We help each other to build a better understanding of our Carpenters. The following person interested in your line. I include a brief of he submitted. The address is almost 15 years old. Submitter(s): DON M. RUPERT Microfilm: NONE 8640 HOPKINS DRIVE DENVER CO Submission: AF92-108090 USA 80229 Ancestral File submission: Husband's Name Bailey CARPENTER (AFN:X59G-3N) Born: Abt. 1762Place: <, Burke, Georgia> Father: Mother: Children 1. Sex Name M John CARPENTER (AFN:X59G-66) Born: Abt. 1790 Place: <, Burke, Georgia> 2. Sex Name M Bailey Jr. CARPENTER (AFN:X59G-51) Born: 1788 Place: , Burke, Georgia Died: Place: , Burke IGI submission: Bailey CARPENTER Male Event(s): Birth: 23 SEP 1765 , Rowan, North Carolina Christening: Death: 12 JAN 1834 Burial: Wife Mary OR Polly Tomlinson Birth: 14 FEB 1756 <, Burke, Georgia> Christening: Marriage: About 1783 , Burke, Georgia Death: 08 JAN 1818 Burial: ------------------ Cynthia Carpenter Samples is correct. Y-DNA can help eliminate and show a genetic connection between individuals and groups. The genealogy or paper trail may never be proven, but knowing the genetic connections can help narrow the search field and find lost Carpenter Cousins! The Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project web page is at: http://members.cox.net/johnrcarpenter/index.htm Group 8 is the Tidewater Virginia Carpenters, see Table 1. Click on one of the ID numbers and that will take you to the lineage page to compare given surname ancestries. If you have any questions, feel free to ask! John R. Carpenter La Mesa, CA jrcrin001@cox.net Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project http://members.cox.net/johnrcarpenter/index.htm > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:36:31 -0400 > From: "J HERMAN DOROTHY M SMITH" <jhermandoroths10@earthlink.net> > > Please pardon my interruption , I am from Georgia, my ancestor is Bailey > Carpenter 1765-1834, he was for many years believed to be the brother of > Stephen Cullis Carpenter, Stephen is listed in the SC Archives in the > 1700's . Sandra Carpenter Jay went to the Ga Archives and copied the > bibles > of the Carpenters inside written somewhere in the late 1700's it states > that the Carpenters were French.Is anyone working on the Georgia > Carpenters.? Thanks so much for allowing me to post this, Dorothy Smith > Carpenter- Crosby