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/ikJ.2ACIB/1161.1 Message Board Post: I have been doing a lot of searching in the Copeland Tree. I believe you need to look in Nansemond County records in Virginia. Most of the Copeland people decended from John Copeland who was kicked out of New England for his Quaker beliefs around 1655. (after they cut off his ears.) You will find a lot of information on his decendants in the Quaker Encylopedia by W. Hinshaw. Look in or around the Nansemond County area in Virginia. Nearly all of the Copelands in this area are his decendants. If you find the connection you are one of my relatives. Good luck!!