This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DiH.2ACEB/1719.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Douglas, I've found multiple Carsons with the same first names in those areas of PA 1730-1770 (maybe a half dozen Williams so far). I was astonished at how many Carson families there were in addition to the "famous" ones. I guess we all can't be related directly to Kit Carson. Gary