Here is a review of a book when mentions the Causby family in Burke County, NC as found in the "Bulletin of The Genealogical Socity of Old Tryon County, NC" Vol XXV, Number 4, November, 1997. I have not seen this book yet, so I do not know how prominently the Causby family is represented in this book. ___________________ "The MIchaels Family of Burke County, North Carolina", by Elizabeth Henderson Michaels, 114 Camellia Garden St., Morganton, NC 28655-8207. Softbound, 290 pages, indexed (2500 names). Available from the author for $20 ($18 plus $2 postage). Thomas Michaels, born 1790 in North Carolina, probably a member of the Rowan and Lincoln Michaels families, served in the War of 1812. During the Civil War his wife Sally (in her seventies) achieved fame for the manufacture of clay pipes. They had eight children and lost all three of their sons in or due to that conflict. One daughter married Hampton Queen and has hundreds of descendants. Three granddaughters married into the Crawley family and a daughter and two granddaughters married Clays. Other allied families include Anderson, Bartee, Bates, Boone, Burns, Causby, Conner, Crawford, Epley, Hamby, Haynes, Hoke, Holder, Jones, McCurry, Price, Reinhardt, Scott, Smith, Walker, Watson, Whisnant, Williams, and Wingard. Part I of the book contains the genealogy of Thomas and Sally Michaels; part II is a brief history of the Conner family, connected to the Michaels line of the author's husband; and part III consists of copies of photographs, documents, and articles. We applaud the dedication of Elizabeth Michaels in preparing this her fifth family history. ________________ Wanda Rabb (researching Rabb (NC/SC), Penix (NC), Bradshaw (VA>NC), (Gantt (NC), Nix, Robertson, Wilson, Conner, Harris (Rutherford Co.,NC), Laws(Yancey, Rutherford Co., NC), Edwards,Kelly (Yancey Co.,NC), Causby, Patton, Morrison, Sparks(Burke/McDowell Co., NC) Paxton (Union Co., NC >Lancaster, SC), Farris & Morris (York Co., SC) Lovelace, Hamrick, Green and McSwain (Cleveland Co., NC), Granger, Ledford, Black(Cleveland or Rutherford Co., NC), Towery (Cleveland or Lincoln Co., NC) Listmanager for CAUSBY-L, RABB-L, FARRIS-L, PAXTON-L, NIX-L, and LAWS-L Editor of online newsletter: WILSONS of Rutherford and Polk Counties, NC Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr Genealogy Main Page: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr/main.html