Dear Chuck....I just realized I haven't sent you the postage yet for the package of Cowan stuff you sent to me. I am so sorry!!!!! I meant to do that the next day. I see the postage was $1.33 but how much for paper & your time? Thank you so much. Dear List...Did I tell you what I am trying to do? I am trying to track as many as I can from PA, TN, SC, NC, etc. from the Cowans of County Down & 'other sources' to see who came west in late 1700's & early 1800's to KY & IN before the rest of the west opened up. So many Johns, Williams, etc. I know a lot moved, later to TX, OK, MO, Iowa, & etc. but I feel if I can get some feel for the ones who started the early trails, we just might be able to sort out some of our ancestors. I feel like some of the DAR stuff is misleading some & as far as the LDS records...it is only as good as the correct info. that has been fed into it. Only a few Cowan lines are there to explore. Maybe we can contribute some of our too to further our roots. I know that my own line did not take time to write anything down & I have had to find them the down & dirty way....hitting courthouses, census, voting, & later the newspapers. My big problem is that even tho I am an excellent typist...I am computor illiterate & do not know the best way to type my findings so that others can go to it & benifit on their own searches. I have a fortune in all these things copied in my files & I want to share & meet some long lost cousins. I will be gone for a month to FL but am taking my laptop & hope to get a lot done. Also, I will check my e-mail every 3 days in case anyone wants to get ahold of me. Best regards, ...Carolyn Cowan from Greenfield, IN