wow...yours did what mine did a couple of weeks ago...I'm going to have to take my old hard drive down to get the data off of it that I had stored....I usually save it to disk but there was several months worth of work still on it... Words for the day: backup, backup, backup, backup... This is the only thing new I've got: http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar/coatsarchive/maryland.htm And to add a bit to it ... there is both Couts and Courts in MD early on...but whether or not Coarts is a merged version of both those, I don't know yet...or the Coats in Chester County SC are Couts or Courts but because SC spelled it Coats/Cotes that could indicate it has a Couts origin out of MD...still looking...:) But it appears all versions of the name in Maryland has been spelled Coates in the transcribed records...but many of the original records I've seen thus far have Courts spelled that way rather than Coates.... We really do need more male Coate, Coates, Coats and variations to join our DNA project...Couts by the way, doesn't have a project started yet...so I've been trying to see if they would join ours and then depending on the results they could spin it off....the following lines still don't have a rep in the project: Notley Coats Barton Coats Thomas Coates m Beulah Jacques Joan Sisom's Coats sons Moses and Susannah Coates out of Chester County PA James and Mary Coats out of early GA in Wrightsborough I think it was... Any others?? So if you are a male Coate, Coates, Coats on this list...please consider joining our DNA project...it really will help us to focus groups and research... Remember also we have a donation fund at PayPal for DNA kits, so if you don't have a male Coate, Coates, Coats consider donating to the fund, and if you need a *scholarship* from the fund, let us know...I believe we currently have enough funds for a 12 marker kit... And don't forget to let everyone know, when you find anything in your research....:) Char

Thanks, Charlotte, for the update; I figured that things would slow down during the summer months(as they ususally do)and that I wouldn't miss a ton of new developments. (Although, I would gladly go off-line for a few months if it would produce a ton of new developments!<g>). Am hoping to get back to normal here soon. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlotte Coats" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 10:15 AM Subject: RE: [COATES-L] I'm back! > wow...yours did what mine did a couple of weeks ago...I'm going to have to > take my old hard drive down to get the data off of it that I had stored....I > usually save it to disk but there was several months worth of work still on > it... > > Words for the day: backup, backup, backup, backup... > > This is the only thing new I've got: > > http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar/coatsarchive/maryland.htm > > And to add a bit to it ... there is both Couts and Courts in MD early > on...but whether or not Coarts is a merged version of both those, I don't > know yet...or the Coats in Chester County SC are Couts or Courts but because > SC spelled it Coats/Cotes that could indicate it has a Couts origin out of > MD...still looking...:) But it appears all versions of the name in Maryland > has been spelled Coates in the transcribed records...but many of the > original records I've seen thus far have Courts spelled that way rather than > Coates.... > > We really do need more male Coate, Coates, Coats and variations to join our > DNA project...Couts by the way, doesn't have a project started yet...so I've > been trying to see if they would join ours and then depending on the results > they could spin it off....the following lines still don't have a rep in the > project: > > Notley Coats > Barton Coats > Thomas Coates m Beulah Jacques > Joan Sisom's Coats sons > Moses and Susannah Coates out of Chester County PA > James and Mary Coats out of early GA in Wrightsborough I think it was... > > Any others?? > > So if you are a male Coate, Coates, Coats on this list...please consider > joining our DNA project...it really will help us to focus groups and > research... > > Remember also we have a donation fund at PayPal for DNA kits, so if you > don't have a male Coate, Coates, Coats consider donating to the fund, and if > you need a *scholarship* from the fund, let us know...I believe we currently > have enough funds for a 12 marker kit... > > And don't forget to let everyone know, when you find anything in your > research....:) > > Char >