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/919.925.3.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: James Ian Carson's parents were William Carson and Mary Ann Small... for sure. I have 1828 as James' year of birth because it is listed like that in the Census and I don't have his birth record so left it as is... I'm quite sure its an error but I like to follow records. And yes, the younger William Carson was the son of James R. Carson and Mary Booth.