my apologies, Alice, I have not had all of my facilities of late due to health issues and stress and did not see that it was Leonardo's work. my head is muddled from lack of sleep and general malaise. it was an innocent mistake. I try to be accurate and factual in my research as well, but being human, there is always potential for mistakes. I am still relatively new to early southern research, though I have been researching for 20 years. I'm just trying to find the lost trail to my own ancestry. Cornelia On Sat 01/15/11 11:08 AM , "Alice Sanders" sanders922@comcast.net sent: The information you have provided is from information I found at a Mormon Family History Library some years ago. It is NOT research done by Connie Andrea but done by one late Leonardo Andrea for several clients. The file was in the possession of Connie Andrea at the time it was donated to the FHL. I copied the file and have shared it with many people over the years researching southern Collins families. Each time this information was shared I have tried to be factual where the information came from and who did the work. Alice Sanders. -----Original Message----- From: fenenga@connpoint.net [1] Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 10:44 AM To: sckersha@rootsweb.com [2] ; collins@rootsweb.com [3] Subject: Re: [COLLINS] early Carolinian Collins I have, among my relatives, a Louis Davis Collins, b. 26 Nov 1832 AL son of Lewis D. Collins b. abt 1790 S.C. and Cynthia b. abt 1791 N.C.. I wonder if there's a relationship here. herein is an excellent transcript of the genealogical research of one Connie Andrea regarding the Collins of Kershaw Co., S.C. that looks fairly promising of being the missing branch of my ancestry. http://www.wvi.us/collins/ [4] [1] and my family tree with my Collins ancestors and relatives; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=necko&id=I6093 [5] [2] anyone care to compare them and give an opinion? it's hard for me to tell if I'm following the correct lineage. just because I want it to be doesn't mean it is, and I want to get it right. thank you for your time and thoughts. best, Cornelia Links: ------ [1] http://www.wvi.us/collins/ [6] [2] http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=necko&id=I6093 [7] BE SURE YOU CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COLLINS-request@rootsweb.com [8] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Links: ------ [1] mailto:fenenga@connpoint.net [2] mailto:sckersha@rootsweb.com [3] mailto:collins@rootsweb.com [4] http://www.wvi.us/collins/ [5] http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=necko&id=I6093 [6] http://www.wvi.us/collins/ [7] http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=necko&id=I6093 [8] mailto:COLLINS-request@rootsweb.com