This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IMJ.2ACEB/935.1018.1021.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I’ve looked at your web page that lists the Cochran info with great interest. (I already have this info, with some variation) I have the 1850 censes too. However, the stage I’m at in my research is the process of further documenting things through legal records. Family members can supply a lot of useful info, but one should only use this info for a sense of direction in searching for legal documentation. Without documentation, genealogy is just a bunch of words on paper and it’s easy to pick up erroneous information, which will throw one off on additional research. For example, I noticed you have the name Roderick in your files. I have found the name spelled Rodrick (without the “e”) in a couple official documents. Which is correct?? Or, was it spelled both ways, maybe by mistake or maybe he changed it over the years. Or, maybe family members just think it was spelled that way. Usually, the spelling of a first name is no big dea! l, but very often it could be, one just never knows. Thanks for responding. DelC