To, "Giants" There are a lot of James, a few Arthurs and Isaacs in my files. James seems to be a favorite of the Carter family. My Carters were Quakers from Bucks Co. Pa. who moved to Frederick Co. Va. early to mid 1700's. Am sure they spread out from there. Arthur probably was a family name somewhere but I haven't found where/who yet. My family seemed to take a mother's maiden name for child's given or middle name. Examples in my line were, Arthur, Kerfoot, Watson, Pierce, etc. This must be a practice of the Carters for recently I saw a fellow researcher looking for a Bentley Carter (no relation), but it caught my attention. Sorry, I don't have your James Arthur Carter in my line but it sounds like there must be a connection. David Bentley [email protected] http://www.genealogy.com/users/b/e/n/David-Bentley/TREE/0001tree.html Searching for ancestors so I know who to blame!