I have famous folks in my family too -- in fact, mine are infamous -- Pretty boy Floyd and Baby Faced Nelson!! Maureen wrote: > Fellow Listers, > My Great Grandfather was Matthew Cooley. > My Mathew Cooley married Elizabeth Smith. > I am researching these names: > > COOLEY, SMITH,WHITNEY,WILDER, WALKER,HOPKINS,KIRBY,BRADLEY, > ALLEN,TEMPLE,DAVIS,ALDEN. > We come from some good genes. > We have Mayflower descendants. Professional Baseball Players, Norman Rockwell,Laura Ingles Wilder, Eli Whitney,Stephen Hopkins,John Alden,etc... > I do not mean to brag, I am just really a PROUD AMERICAN > > > from, > Maureen Cooley > > ==== COOLEY Mailing List ==== > Query lists are okay but please try to limit them to say, half a dozen names. Any more than that and many people just won't read them. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 -- Quoting one is plagiarism; Quoting many is research. Please visit my website at: http://home.attbi.com/~sunkist/