Katherine & Charles wrote > > QUESTIONS: > > (1) Does anyone have copies of "The Filson Club"? Can someone > transcribe the information cited that indicates the line for Edward, > Cornelius, and James Carrico in the book? Are any primary sources > indicated? How reliable is this source? I believe the publication to which you refer is "The Carrico Family" by Homer Edwin Carrico (1951, Filson Club Historical Quarterly, vol. XXV, pp. 217-252). It was reprinted in 1981 as pp. 215-250 in "Genealogies of Kentucky Families" by Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore. It was republished in 1997 as "Family History: Kentucky Genealogies #1, 1700s-1800s," CD-185, by Broderbund. If you belong to the Filson Club, they will send you a photocopy. Otherwise, unless your local library has a copy, the cheapest, fastest way to get a copy is to buy the Broderbund CD. I have been working off and on for several months on turning Homer's paper into a Family Tree Maker File. I have all the individuals entered (that was the easy part), and now I'm working on adding the source text to each datum (that is the hard part). I have not finished, but nearly so. I would be happy to email this file to anyone, even in its current state, keeping in mind that I haven't finished sourcing it. I don't think I can face proof-reading it, so what I would request in return is that anyone finding errors please inform me, so I can fix them. Homer's paper is still under copyright, but I submit that I have changed the work sufficiently (value added) that the .FTW file now constitutes a new publication (under the concept of "compilation" copyright). As such, I own an implicit copyright to the .FTW file. I give anyone permission to use this file and to share it with other Carrico researchers provided they do not charge for it, post it where a fee is charged for access, or include it in a larger work or file that is for sale. In return, it behooves anyone who uses this file to either buy the Broderbund CD or join the Filson Club (or send them a donation). Anyone doing genealogy in Kentucky should do themselves a favor and join the Filson Club! And the Broderbund CD is a useful addition to the library of almost anyone doing genealogy in Kentucky. If we subvert the intention of the copyright law by pirating the work of others, the incentive to produce and publish will dry up. The profit motive is responsible for ! ! ! the vast majority of published works now at our disposal. Let's not kill the goose... <stepping down off soapbox> And now, under the concept of "fair use," here are the lines from Homer Carrico's article pertaining to Cornelius, Edward, and James (pagination is as in the 1981 GPC reprint, not the Filson Club original): p. 234 - "(3-7) Cornelius Carrico was born 1772 in Charles County, Maryland.122 He married first, Susanna Shanks in Nelson County, Kentucky, January 27, 1806;123 and second, Theresa O'Bryan, in Washington County, Kentucky, May 24, 1823.124 (No record has been found of issue, if any, of this second marriage.) "The child of Cornelius and Susanna (Shanks) Carrico was: "(4-1) Edward Carrico (1810- ), who married Matilda Dillehay (1811- ), daughter of John C. Dillehay, February 23, 1825.125 The children of Edward and Matilda (Dillehay) Carrico were:126 "(5-1) Thomas H. Carrico (1837- ). "(5-2) Susan M. Carrico (138- ). "(5-3) Lucetta J. Carrico (1839- ). "(5-4) James M. Carrico (1843- ). "(5-5) Robert J. Carrico (1848- )." Footnotes on page 247 - "122 The census of 1850 of Nelson County, Kentucky, gives age of Cornelius; names and ages of his son and grandchildren; but no mention is made of his wife Theresa, who it is presumed had died prior to that time. "123 Nelson County, Kentucky, Marriage Records shows marriage to Susanna Shanks. "124 Washington County, Kentucky, marriage records, Book 1, page 99. "125 Edward Carrico married Matilda Dillehay, according to Washington County, Kentucky, marriage records, father John C. consenting. "126 See footnote 122." As for Homer's reliability, I have no idea. As a secondary source, I would only trust those data for which he cites a primary source (and of course, even so, I would get a copy of that source to confirm it). Diana P.S. If you want to determine whether an ancestor of yours is on Broderbund CD-185, go to http://www.familytreemaker.com/ifftop.html and do a search.