Thanks Joe... Also another attchment alert came across another email list...attachmented named Hamster or some such thing...don't open it...even if it looks like it came from some one you know...I just don't open attachments any more unless someone emails me and tells me it's coming... So be aware.... Char ----- Original Message ----- From: J.Coates Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 7:45 PM To: Charlotte Coats Siercks Subject: More coates bits and pieces The following info came out of books in the Madison County, NC Library. Ralph Coates was Clerk of Court, Albemarle County, NC 10/20/1675; also a witness to a Will on 8/29/1679. Marriages of Coats women from Rowan County, NC: Edy to Phillip Willis on 12/28/1813 Cecily to William Willis on 2/27/1810 Elizabeth to Orrin Coats on 4/13/1826 Gilley to Thomas Coats 11/24/1804 Patsy to James Willis on 12/17/1804 Tildy to William Bateman on 12/31/1816 Henry Coates married Sally Bussel on 3/23/1811 in Wilkes County, NC. Thomas Coates has correspondence papers in file 1638; the Daniel G. Fowles(1831-1891) papers. grampajoec<br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>